Tell No One Who You Are : The Hidden Childhood of Regine Miller
- Book Review,
by WALTER BUCHIGNANI, REGINE MILLER
From Publishers Weekly
Ten years old when her brother was arrested by Nazis, Miller, a Jewish girl, survived the occupation of Belgium by living under a false identity. In a starred review, PW said that Buchignani recreates Miller's experiences with "aching clarity," conveying "both a human drama and a chilling moment in history." Ages 12-up. (May) rCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 7-12. R{‚}egine Miller was born in Brussels to parents who had escaped the anti-Semitism of Eastern Europe. She was 10 years old in 1942 when she watched in horror with her mother and father as the Nazis took away her brother with hundreds of other Jewish boys. Determined to save his only remaining child, R{‚}egine's father, a member of the Belgian resistance group Solidarit{‚}e, sent her into hiding. Sustained during the Nazi occupation by her belief that her family would be reunited, R{‚}egine lived with four separate families, only the last of which was kind to her. Her brother and her parents perished in the death camps; Fela Mucha, the Solidarit{‚}e member who maintained contact with R{‚}egine, helped her find surviving relatives at the war's end. Miller and Buchignani met in 1991 at a gathering of Jewish men and women who, as children, had been hidden from the Nazis. The young reporter helped Miller recall the painful details of her experiences. This biography is not only a view of Nazi persecution from a young girl's perspective, but also a sensitive portrayal of her growth, development, and emotional life under the worst of circumstances. It is also the remarkable story of Mucha, who managed to save more than 500 Jewish children. Merri Monks
Review
“Buchignani…[recreates] Régine’s experiences with aching clarity…he conveys both a human drama and a chilling moment in history.”
–Publishers Weekly
Review
?Buchignani?[recreates] Régine?s experiences with aching clarity?he conveys both a human drama and a chilling moment in history.?
?Publishers Weekly
Book Description
During the days of Nazi terror in Europe, many Jewish children were taken from their families and hidden. Régine Miller was one such child, who left her mother, father, and brother when she was 10 years old. Utterly alone as she is shunted from place to place, told to tell no one she is Jewish, she hears that her mother and brother have been taken by the SS, the German secret police. Only her desperate hope that her father will return sustains her. At war’s end she must learn to live with the terrible truth of “the final solution,” the Nazi’s extermination camps.
The people who sheltered Régine cover a wide spectrum of human types, ranging from callous to kind, fearful to defiant, exploitive to caring. This is a story of a brave girl and an equally brave woman to tell the story so many years later.
From the Inside Flap
During the days of Nazi terror in Europe, many Jewish children were taken from their families and hidden. Régine Miller was one such child, who left her mother, father, and brother when she was 10 years old. Utterly alone as she is shunted from place to place, told to tell no one she is Jewish, she hears that her mother and brother have been taken by the SS, the German secret police. Only her desperate hope that her father will return sustains her. At war’s end she must learn to live with the terrible truth of “the final solution,” the Nazi’s extermination camps.
The people who sheltered Régine cover a wide spectrum of human types, ranging from callous to kind, fearful to defiant, exploitive to caring. This is a story of a brave girl and an equally brave woman to tell the story so many years later.
From the Back Cover
“Buchignani…[recreates] Régine’s experiences with aching clarity…he conveys both a human drama and a chilling moment in history.”
–Publishers Weekly
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