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©2020
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264 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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First Witness, The Belsen Trial (Fall 1945) -- Spring (March, April, May) 1944 -- Summer (June, July, August) 1944 -- Fall (September, October, November) 1944 -- Winter (December, January, February) 1944-1945 -- Spring (March, April, May) 1945 -- Seasons after -- Epilogue
"Author Bernice Lerner follows Glyn Hughes, a British officer and doctor, and Rachel Genuth, a Romanian Jewish girl, as they moved (or were moved) across Europe in the final brutal year of World War II. Although the two never met, Hughes's commitment to saving as many prisoners of Bergen-Belsen as possible saved Rachel's life. This book is the first to pair the story of a Holocaust survivor with that of a concentration camp liberator"--