Hidden Hope av Elisa Boxer

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<B>Written by Emmy Award–winning journalist Elisa Boxer and movingly illustrated by the acclaimed Amy June Bates,</B><B><I> Hidden Hope</I> is the remarkable true story of how a toy duck smuggled forged identity papers for Jewish refugees during World War II.</B><BR/><BR/> During World War II, a social worker named Jacqueline bicycled through the streets of Paris, passing Nazi soldiers and carrying a toy duck to share with the children she visited. What the Nazis didn’t know, however, was that Jacqueline wasn’t a social worker at all, but a Jewish member of the French Resistance.<BR/><BR/> Families across Europe went into hiding as the Nazis rounded up anyone Jewish. The Star of David, a symbol of faith and pride, became a tool of hate when the Nazis forced people to wear the star on their clothing and carry papers identifying them as Jewish, so that it was clear who to arrest. But many brave souls dared to help them.<BR/><BR/> Jacqueline was one of them. She ri