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> Tag: Jewish children in the Holocaust

Hiding in plain sight.

Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood and Greg Dawson

December 2, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis is a romanticized look at how two Jewish girls lived when millions did not. Told in alternating voices, the Narrator, and “Anna” herself or, Zhanna Arshanskaya we learn how Zhanna and her sister Frina, were hiding in plain sight. They performed for the Nazi command, allies of the Nazi and eventually, for themselves. But no matter how much they feared being found out, betrayed by supposed friends, or their hatred of the Nazis, they always felt […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult Tagged With: Adolph Hitler, Child musicians, Frina Arshanskaya, Greg Dawson, hitler, Holocaust, Jewish children in the Holocaust, Jewish/Jews, music, piano, Soviet Union, Susan Hood and Greg Dawson, the ravine Drobitsky Yar, Ukraine, World War II, Zhanna Arshanskaya, Zhanna Arshanskaya ("Janna") Dawson

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:405 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Young Adult · Tags: Adolph Hitler, Child musicians, Frina Arshanskaya, Greg Dawson, hitler, Holocaust, Jewish children in the Holocaust, Jewish/Jews, music, piano, Soviet Union, Susan Hood and Greg Dawson, the ravine Drobitsky Yar, Ukraine, World War II, Zhanna Arshanskaya, Zhanna Arshanskaya ("Janna") Dawson ·
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