Rescuing the Children: A Holocaust Memoir

Rescuing the Children is the memoir of Vivette Samuel, who at age twenty-two began working for the OEuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE, or Society for Assistance to Children). The OSE and similar organizations saved 86 percent of Jewish children in France from deportation to Nazi concentration and extermination camps.

Author: Vivette Samuel
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 03/15/1988
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.90w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780299177447

About the Author
Vivette Samuel had a long career in social work and lived in Paris, France. Charles B. Paul, a historian, is professor emeritus in the humanities department at San José State University. He was among the children rescued by the OSE.