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ww2: a story of a boy’s journey from a concentration camp to a future in Hungary
Parallel Lines: A Journey from Childhood to Belsen
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This is a story of a young boy’s journey from a sleepy provincial town in Hungary during the Second World War to the concentration camp in Bergen-Belsen. After a winter in Bergen-Belsen where his father died, he and his mother were liberated by the Americans outside a small German village, and handed over to the Red Army. They escaped from the Russians, and travelled, hiding on a goods train, through Prague to Budapest.
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Travel from Bergen-Belsen to Budapest
From Bergen Belsen to Hungary via Mako and Szeged….
Unlike other books dealing with this period, this is not a Holocaust story, but a child s recollection of a journey full of surprise, excitement, bereavement and terror. Yet this remains a testimony of survival, overcoming obstacles which to adults may seem insurmountable but to a child were just part of an adventure and, ultimately, recovery. After having established a career in the West, the author decided to revisit the stages on his earlier journeys, reliving the past through the perspective of the present. Along the way, ghosts from the past are finally laid to rest by the kindness of new friends.
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Parallel Lines: A Journey from Childhood to Belsen
Destination/Location : Budapest, Germany Author/Guide: Peter Lantos Departure Time: WW2
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