Where Are You My Child?

"Where Are You My Child?" is a deeply moving true story which takes place against the backdrop of World War II and the British Mandate in Palestine. It is told from the perspective of Roni, an Israeli schoolgirl, who pieces together the dramatic immigration story of her great-grandparents' (Moshe and Shoshanna) for her 'roots' assignment at school. She learns of their last-minute escape from Czechoslovakia when it was already under Nazi occupation. How, with their three-week-old infant, they were crammed into a rickety old boat named the Atlantic, carrying 1800 Jewish refugees. Sailing from Romania, they made a perilous journey, with much suffering, to their ancient homeland. In late November 1940 their limping ship was towed into Haifa harbour by the British Navy, and they were devastated to learn that they would not be allowed to land. The British had plans to deport them to a detention camp on the island of Mauritius on a large ship called SS Patria. A few moments after Shoshanna... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Where Are You My Child?