I Didn't Tell Them Anything: The Wartime Secrets of an American Girl

Years flew by. Aleena had children, and then grandchildren, who wanted to know about her origins. Her parents died, which meant she no longer needed to conceal what she knew to protect them. But she also couldn't ask them to fill the gaps in her knowledge.

I Didn't Tell Them Anything: The Wartime Secrets of an American Girl chronicles Aleena's efforts to uncover the missing pieces of a patchwork history--her parents' flight from Nazi-besieged Poland, forced labor in Siberia, temporary refuge in Kazakhstan, and a long journey to America made possible by their refusal to speak of the ordeals they'd faced behind the Iron Curtain. Describing the unique circumstances of one immigrant family, I Didn't Tell Them Anything captures universal themes of hope, survival, and the tenacity of the human spirit.

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I Didn't Tell Them Anything: The Wartime Secrets of an American Girl

Years flew by. Aleena had children, and then grandchildren, who wanted to know about her origins. Her parents died, which meant she no longer needed to conceal what she knew to protect them. But she also couldn't ask them to fill the gaps in her knowledge.

I Didn't Tell Them Anything: The Wartime Secrets of an American Girl chronicles Aleena's efforts to uncover the missing pieces of a patchwork history--her parents' flight from Nazi-besieged Poland, forced labor in Siberia, temporary refuge in Kazakhstan, and a long journey to America made possible by their refusal to speak of the ordeals they'd faced behind the Iron Curtain. Describing the unique circumstances of one immigrant family, I Didn't Tell Them Anything captures universal themes of hope, survival, and the tenacity of the human spirit.

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I Didn't Tell Them Anything: The Wartime Secrets of an American Girl

I Didn't Tell Them Anything: The Wartime Secrets of an American Girl

by Aleena Rieger
I Didn't Tell Them Anything: The Wartime Secrets of an American Girl

I Didn't Tell Them Anything: The Wartime Secrets of an American Girl

by Aleena Rieger
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Years flew by. Aleena had children, and then grandchildren, who wanted to know about her origins. Her parents died, which meant she no longer needed to conceal what she knew to protect them. But she also couldn't ask them to fill the gaps in her knowledge.

I Didn't Tell Them Anything: The Wartime Secrets of an American Girl chronicles Aleena's efforts to uncover the missing pieces of a patchwork history--her parents' flight from Nazi-besieged Poland, forced labor in Siberia, temporary refuge in Kazakhstan, and a long journey to America made possible by their refusal to speak of the ordeals they'd faced behind the Iron Curtain. Describing the unique circumstances of one immigrant family, I Didn't Tell Them Anything captures universal themes of hope, survival, and the tenacity of the human spirit.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780990994244
Publisher: Sunpetal Books
Publication date: 02/20/2015
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.49(d)

Table of Contents

Preface
1 Bratislava, 1945
2 Mundek---Before
3 Kraków, 2002
4 Rózia---Before
5 September 1, 1939
6 Marriage
7 The Cattle Cars
8 Siberia
9 Buying a Train
10 Dzhambul
11 Our Life in Dzhambul
12 Escape
13 Poland, 1945
14 Borders
15 Bratislava, 1945
16 The Transom
17 Displaced Persons
18 Henek Marries Again
19 Our Life in Fürth
20 Józek
21 The Red Scare
22 Marine Tiger
23 The Golden Land
24 My Mother, Rózia---1948
25 School
26 Becoming an American Girl
27 The Names We Had
28 Talking About It
29 My Mother---After
30 My Father---After
31 Return to Kazakhstan
Acknowledgments
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