The Girl From the Train
Six-year-old Gretl Schmidt is on a train bound for Auschwitz. Jakób Kowalski is planting a bomb on the tracks.
As World War II draws to a close, Jakób fights with the Polish resistance against the crushing forces of Germany and Russia. They intend to destroy a German troop transport, but Gretl's unscheduled train reaches the bomb first.
Gretl is the only survivor. Though spared from the concentration camp, the orphaned German Jew finds herself lost in a country hostile to her people. When Jakób discovers her, guilt and fatherly compassion prompt him to take her in. For three years, the young man and little girl form a bond over the secrets they must hide from his Catholic family.
But she can't stay with him forever. Jakób sends Gretl to South Africa, where German war orphans are promised bright futures with adoptive Protestant families—so long as Gretl's Jewish roots, Catholic education, and connections to communist Poland are never discovered.
Separated by continents, politics, religion, language, and years, Jakób and Gretl will likely never see each other again. But the events they have both survived and their belief that the human spirit can triumph over the ravages of war have formed a bond of love that no circumstances can overcome.
Praise for The Girl from the Train:
"A riveting read with an endearing, courageous protagonist . . . takes us from war-torn Poland to the veldt of South Africa in a story rich in love, loss, and the survival of the human spirit." —Anne Easter Smith, author of A Rose for the Crown
Adopted children -- South Africa -- Fiction
Afrikaans fiction
Afrikaans fiction -- 21st century
Christian Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Germans
Germans -- South Africa -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Holocaust survivors
Holocaust survivors -- Fiction
Jewish children in the Holocaust
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Fiction
Large type books
Literature
Orphans
Orphans -- Fiction
Poland -- 19th century -- Fiction
Poland -- 20th century -- Fiction
Poland -- Fiction
South Africa -- 19th century -- Fiction
South Africa -- 20th century -- Fiction
South Africa -- Fiction
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Fiction
9781410495693
9780718078201
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Grouping Title | girl from the train |
Grouping Author | irma joubert |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2023-06-05 16:31:54PM |
Last Indexed | 2023-06-05 16:33:19PM |
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Southgate
Six-year-old Gretl Schmidt is on a train bound for Auschwitz. Jakób Kowalski is planting a bomb on the tracks.
As World War II draws to a close, Jakób fights with the Polish resistance against the crushing forces of Germany and Russia. They intend to destroy a German troop transport, but Gretl's unscheduled train reaches the bomb first.
Gretl is the only survivor. Though spared from the concentration camp, the orphaned German Jew finds herself lost in a country hostile to her people. When Jakób discovers her, guilt and fatherly compassion prompt him to take her in. For three years, the young man and little girl form a bond over the secrets they must hide from his Catholic family.
But she can't stay with him forever. Jakób sends Gretl to South Africa, where German war orphans are promised bright futures with adoptive Protestant families—so long as Gretl's Jewish roots, Catholic education, and connections to communist Poland are never discovered.
Separated by continents, politics, religion, language, and years, Jakób and Gretl will likely never see each other again. But the events they have both survived and their belief that the human spirit can triumph over the ravages of war have formed a bond of love that no circumstances can overcome.
Praise for The Girl from the Train:
"A riveting read with an endearing, courageous protagonist . . . takes us from war-torn Poland to the veldt of South Africa in a story rich in love, loss, and the survival of the human spirit." —Anne Easter Smith, author of A Rose for the Crown
eAudiobook
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eBook
9780718078201
9781410495693
Pocket-Greenhaven
Southgate
2017
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Afrikaans fiction -- 21st century
Electronic books
Germans -- South Africa -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Holocaust survivors -- Fiction
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Fiction
Large type books
Orphans -- Fiction
Poland -- 19th century -- Fiction
Poland -- 20th century -- Fiction
Poland -- Fiction
South Africa -- 19th century -- Fiction
South Africa -- 20th century -- Fiction
South Africa -- Fiction
World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Fiction
The girl from the train [electronic resource] / Irma Joubert
The girl from the train [electronic resource] Joubert, Irma,
The girl from the train [text (large print)] / by Irma Joubert ; translation by Elsa Silke
Afrikaans fiction
Christian Fiction
Electronic books
Fiction
Germans
Historical Fiction
Holocaust survivors
Jewish children in the Holocaust
Literature
Orphans
World War, 1939-1945
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