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Rescuing the Children A Holocaust Memoir Vivette Samuel Translated and with an introduction by Charles B. Paul Foreword by Elie Wiesel “A valuable addition to the field of Holocaust history that provides solid institutional information along with dramatic, poignant, heart-rendering tales of rescue and survival.” —Susan Zuccotti, author of The Holocaust, the French, and the Jews Rescuing the Children is the memoir of Vivette Samuel, who at age twenty-two began working for the Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE, or Society for Assistance to Children). The OSE and similar organizations saved 86 percent of Jewish children in France from deportation to Nazi concentration and extermination camps. “This testimony by Vivette Samuel is important not only because she describes dramatic events that took place during the occupation of France but also because she brings to light insufficiently known facts about an organization—the Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE)—whose devotion to human causes does honor to humanity. I confess that I read this book with a great deal of emotion, because I owe so much to the OSE. It was the OSE that, in June 1945, took charge of the four hundred ‘children of Buchenwald,’ [including me].”—Elie Wiesel, winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize Vivette Samuel had a career in social work and resided in Paris, France, until her death. Charles B. Paul, a historian, is professor emeritus in the humanities department at San Jose State University. He was among the children rescued by the OSE. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.)

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION February 2013 LC: 2001005416 DS 256 pp. 7 x 9 29 b/w photos, 14 illus., 1 map   Paper $24.95 t ISBN 978-0-299-17744-7 ADD TO CART   1995 French edition, Sauver les Enfants, published by Liani Lévi

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