Unlikely Warrior: A Jewish Soldier in Hitler's Army Contributor(s): Rauch, Georg (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374301425 ISBN-13: 9780374301422 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2015 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Holocaust - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Military & Wars - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General |
Dewey: 940.541 |
LCCN: 2014041184 |
Age Level: 12-18 |
Grade Level: 7-13 |
Lexile Measure: 1040(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" L (0.90 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Holocaust - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Topical - Family |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product |
Review Citations: School Library Journal 02/01/2015 pg. 128 Publishers Weekly 02/09/2015 People 03/23/2015 pg. 48 Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2015 - Recommended - Hard To Beat Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2015 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 211 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 117 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 171789 Reading Level: 7.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: As a young adult in wartime Vienna, Georg Rauch helped his mother hide dozens of Jews from the Gestapo behind false walls in their top-floor apartment and arrange for their safe transport out of the country. His family was among the few who worked underground to resist Nazi rule. Then came the day he was drafted into Hitler's army and shipped out to fight on the Eastern front as part of the German infantry--in spite of his having confessed his own Jewish ancestry. Thus begins the incredible journey of a nineteen year old thrust unwillingly into an unjust war, who must use his smarts, skills, and bare-knuckled determination to stay alive in the trenches, avoid starvation and exposure during the brutal Russian winter, survive more than one Soviet labor camp, and somehow find his way back home. Unlikely Warrior is Rauch's true account of this extraordinary adventure. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rauch, Georg: - After surviving the war, Georg Rauch (1924-2006) spent several years at an alpine TB clinic in Austria. His lifelong love of painting and drawing eventually led him to a successful career in fine art. In 1965, he met his future wife, Phyllis, in Vienna, and in the spring of 1966 they married, eventually settling in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 1984, he began writing his wartime memoir in German and worked with his wife on translating it simultaneously into English. He self-published it in 2006, four months before his death. |
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