The Girl from the Train
of Irma Joubert, Elsa Silke (translator)
Description
Six-year-old Gretl Schmidt is on a train bound for Auschwitz. JakĂłb Kowalski is planting a bomb on the tracks.As World War II draws to a close, JakĂłb fights with the Polish resistance against the crushing forces of Germany and Russia. They mean to destroy a German troop transport, but Gretlâs unscheduled train reaches the bomb first.Gretl is the only survivor. Though spared from the concentration camp, the orphaned German Jew finds herself lost in a country hostile to her people. When JakĂłb discovers her, guilt and fatherly compassion prompt him to take her home. For three years, the young man and little girl form a bond over the secrets they must hide from his Catholic family.But she canât stay with him forever. JakĂłb sends Gretl to South Africa, where German war orphans are promised bright futures with adoptive Protestant familiesâso long as Gretlâs Jewish roots, Catholic education, and connections to communist Poland are never discovered.Separated by continents, politics, religion, language, and years, JakĂłb and Gretl will likely never see each other again. But the events they have both survived and their belief that the human spirit can triumph over the ravages of war have formed a bond of love that no circumstances can overcome.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 370 pages
- Publisher Thomas Nelson
- Publication Date November 3rd 2015
- First Publication 01/01/07
- Language English
- ISBN 9780529102379
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
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