|aBehind the secret window : |ba memoir of a hidden childhood during World War Two / |cNelly S. Toll
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|aNew York : |bPutnam Puffin, |c2003, c1993
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|axiii, 161 p. : |bill ; |c20 cm.
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|aThe author recalls her experiences when she and her mother were hidden from the Nazis by a Gentile couple in Lwow, Poland, during World War II. The Nazis come to Poland when Nelly is six. By the time she turns eight, the events of World War II have taken almost everyone she loves. Scared, lonely, and running from the Nazis, Nelly hides in the bedroom of a Gentile couple in Poland. For over a year, she lives in fear of discovery, writing in her diary and painting pictures of a fantasy world filled with open skies and happy families. Illustrated with Nelly's original watercolors, this powerful memoir tells the true story of how a little girl's imagination helped her survive a nightmare
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|aTollNelly S.--Juvenile literature
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|aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine--Lviv--Personal narratives--Juvenile literature
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|aJews--Persecutions--Ukraine--Lviv--Juvenile literature
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|aWorld War, 1939-1945--Children--Ukraine--Lviv--Juvenile literature
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|aLviv (Ukraine)--Ethnic relations--Juvenile literature
The autobiographical account of an eight-year-old Jewish girl as she hides from the Nazis in a small bedroom in Lwo+a7w, Poland, in 1943 contains twenty-nine examples of her many paintings during that period.