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Chronicles the brave exploits of Jaap Penraat, a young Dutch man, who risked his life during World War II to save the lives of over 400 Jews
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Jews, Biography, World War, 1939-1945, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Juvenile literature, Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust, Rescue, Righteous gentiles in the holocaust, World war, 1939-1945, jews, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), juvenile literature, World war, 1939-1945, netherlandsPeople
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Forging freedom: a true story of heroism during the Holocaust
2001, Scholastic
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Forging Freedom: A True Story of Heroism During The Holocaust
October 9, 2000, Putnam Juvenile
Hardcover
in English
0399234349 9780399234347
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Originally published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2000
Cecilia Bard Multicultural Library for Peace
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"Jaap Penraat knew how to turn a challenge into an adventure."
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Jaap Penraat has always felt a little Jewish growing up in Amsterdam in the 1930s. His hometown is one of the great Jewish centers of Europe -- until the German forces arrive at the outbreak of World War II and begin targeting the Jewish community. Jaap's instincts are to protect his Jewish friends and neighbors from Nazi persecution, and he sets to work making fake ID cards for them. As the war progresses and the Nazis turn his beloved Amsterdam into a death trap for Jews, Jaap realizes he must take a more drastic action. The scheme he devises requires two things for it to succeed: outsmarting the Nazis at their own game and having nerves of steel. The hardest part for him is not just risking his own life, but deciding which other lives he dares to risk, if he is to save them. Hudson Talbott gives us a dramatic account of a man who knew he must act against these dark forces. As Jaap has said, " You do these things because in your mind there is no other way of doing it." - Jacket flap.
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