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Title

{en} Jane Marks. The Hidden Children: The Secret Survivors of the Holocaust. New York : Ballantine Books, 1993.

Abstract

"Presents the stories of twenty-three men and women who survived the Holocaust as children in hiding. Describes the extreme measures they or their families took to survive and how they coped under circumstances of great danger and sacrifice. Also examines their post-war experiences, exploring how they dealt with their own survival and rebuilt their lives."--Publisher description.

"They hid wherever they could for as long as it took the Allies to win the war -- Jewish children, frightened, alone, often separated from their families. For months, even years, they faced the constant danger of discovery, fabricating new identities at a young age, sacrificing their childhoods to save their lives. These secret survivors have suppressed these painful memories for decades. Now, in The Hidden Children, twenty-three adult survivors share their moving wartime experiences -- some for the first time ... There is Rosa, who hid in an impoverished one-room farmhouse with three others, sleeping on a clay pallet behind a stove; Renee, who posed as a Catholic and was kept in a convent by nuns who knew her secret; and Richard, who lived in a closet with his family for thirteen months. Their personal stories of belief and determination give a voice, at last, to the forgotten. Inspiring and life-affirming, The Hidden Children is an unparalleled document of witness, discovery, and the miracle of human courage."--Publisher description.

Contents

The ordeal -- The aftermath -- The legacy -- The healing -- A historical perspective : tracing the history of the hidden-child experience / by Nechama Tec -- The psychology behind being a hidden child / by Eva Fogelman.

About the Author

Jane Marks is an American author and journalist whose article in New York magazine became the basis for her book on children who survived the Holocaust in hiding.