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Elsie's War : A Story of Courage in Nazi Germany

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A follow-up to My Secret Camera, this photographic testimony for children is the inspiring story of Elsie Kuhn-Leitz, a member of the wealthy "Leica camera" family, who risked everything in order to help those who were being persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. The Gestapo found out about Elsie's activities, then she was torn from her children and imprisoned in dreadful conditions. The book tells a story of courage and self-sacrifice in a time of great adversity, illustrated with photographs from the Leica archives and from Elsie's own family collection.

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Product Details
1845071905 / 9781845071905
Hardback
12/02/2004
32 pages
260 x 229 mm, 386 grams
Quiz No: 212301, Points 0.50, Book Level 5.00,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More