WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT�.
Escape via Siberia:
A Jewish Child's Odyssey of
Survival
"An incredible way out of the holocaust leads a boy to a
Siberian labor camp�by horse driven cart, rickety cattle
trains, and leaky ships over heavily mined seas�through the
Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Omar, the Arabian Sea, Egypt and a
final train to Palestine�unique�a valuable piece of
Holocaust history."
"Kirkus Reviews"
Looking
sad and mistrustful, orphaned Jewish girls arrive in Palestine
carrying only tattered bundles.
"I
enjoyed the book for a number of reasons. To begin with, I find it
very well written. The manner in which the author has interwoven the
story of Lonik with the history of that era is very well done. Dr.
Whiteman has provided the reader with history about a little known aspect
of the Holocaust, the saving of Polish children via Teheran to Palestine.
I will be recommending that
the Museum Shop consider stocking this book along with the other important
works currently available to Museum visitors. I know that many
readers will find it as worthwhile as I have." Martin Goldman, Director,
Survivor Affairs, United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum
"[R]ivetting reading and important because so little is
known about the kindertransport from Russia"
William B. Helmreich, Author, "Against All Odds"
and Professor of Sociology and Judaic Studies at CUNY Graduate
Center of City College of New York
A
welcoming crowd greets Jewish orphans in Palestine.
Gisela
Warburg of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America.
With two other Hadassah members, she tirelessly worked to pressure
England and the US to help Jewish orphans escape from Iran to
Palestine.
