Escaping into the Night by D Dina Friedman - first published
13 year old Halina escapes from the Ghetto when her mother is imprisoned by the Nazis. With her friend Batya she joins a group of people hiding out in encampments in the forests of Western Poland. The group struggles to find enough food to eat and to protect themselves from the Nazis. The book is based on the true story of the Bielski brothers who successfully hid 1,200 Jews in the forests of Belorus in the Second World War (dramatised in the film Defiance starring Daniel Craig) 7/10
19th April 2010
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