Parallel Journeys (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780756963989)

She was a young German Jew.He was an ardent member of the Hitler Youth.This is the story of their parallel journey through World War II.Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck were born just a few miles from each other in the German Rhineland. But their lives took radically different courses: Helen's to the Auschwitz extermination camp; Alfons to a high rank in the Hitler Youth.While Helen was hiding in Amsterdam, Alfons was a fanatic believer in Hitler's master race. While she was crammed in a cattle car bound for the death camp Auschwitz, he was a teenage commander of frontline troops, ready to fight and die for the glory of Hitler and the Fatherland. This book tells both of their stories, side-by-side, in an overwhelming account of the nightmare that was WWII. The riveting stories of these two remarkable people must stand as a powerful lesson to us all.

Author: Eleanor H. Ayer
ISBN-10: 0756963982
ISBN-13: 9780756963989
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2000
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.66h x 5.27w x 0.84d