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Author Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld, 1930- author.

Title American shoes : a refugee's story / Rosemarie Lengsfeld Turke, and Garrett L. Turke.

Publication Info. Portland, Oregon : Beyond Words, 2022.
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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA B TURKE    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - YA  YA BIO TURKE    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult New Books  YA B TURKE    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Teen Department  TEEN 920 TUR    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Biography  B TURKE    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Young Adult  YA B TURKE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 92 TURKE, ROS    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Teen  YA B TURKE    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Young Adult  YA B TURKE    DUE 04-11-24
Edition First Beyond Words hardcover edition.
Description xi, 339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary "Set against a backdrop of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, the reign of Nazi Germany, and the entire course of World War II in Europe, American Shoes recounts the tumultuous childhood of a young American girl and her family trapped within a country that turned against itself, where human decency eroded and then vaporized. Forced to grow up in the midst of endemic fear stoked by a ravenous madman, American Shoes portrays the breakdown of a society from a child's point of view, deep inside a land where millions of law-abiding citizens were targeted as threats, and then removed for extermination. This is the story of a brave girl who, despite not being Jewish, was perceived to be one of those threats and was compelled to keep her American identity secret for fear of her family's arrest, concentration camp placement, or worse. Fighting to see through a relentless barrage of Nazi lies and propaganda, caught within a nation where resistance or opposition meant incarceration if not certain death, American Shoes illuminates one family's struggle to survive against impossible odds as a cataclysmic world war marched closer and closer until it was upon them. Vividly told for the first time after seven decades of a family's collective silence, American Shoes reveals the story of a brave and spirited young girl named Rosel who refused to accept the new order of a world gone mad, inside a society that became more sinister and macabre than any childhood nightmare could ever be. Driven by the faint memories of the land where she was born-a hazy beacon that guided her toward freedom and a new life-this is the story of Rosemarie Lengsfeld Turke"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 12+ Beyond Words.
Subject Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld, 1930- -- Childhood and youth.
Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld, 1930- -- Family.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.
National socialism -- Social aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Poland -- Wrocław -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Germany.
Marine Flasher (Ship)
Refugees -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Wrocław (Poland) -- Biography.
Children. (OCoLC)fst00854835
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
National socialism -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01033778
Refugees. (OCoLC)fst01092797
Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
Poland -- Wrocław. (OCoLC)fst01208518
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld, 1930- -- Childhood and youth.
Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld, 1930- -- Family.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
National socialism -- Social aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Poland -- Wrocław -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Germany.
Marine Flasher (Ship)
Refugees -- History -- 20th century.
Wrocław (Poland) -- Biography.
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Personal narratives -- American. (OCoLC)fst01424071
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Added Author Turke, Garrett L., author.
Other Form: Online version: Turke, Rosemarie Lengsfeld, American shoes First Beyond Words hardcover edition Portland, Oregon : Beyond Words, 2022 9781582708539 (DLC) 2021040491
ISBN 9781582708522 (hardback)
1582708525 (hardback)
9781582708539 (ebook)
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