Girl from the Train
Girl from the Train Six-year-old Gretl Schmidt is on a train bound for Aushwitz. They intend to destroy a German troop transport, but Gretl's unscheduled train reaches the bomb first.Gretl is the…
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Girl from the Train
Six-year-old Gretl Schmidt is on a train bound for Aushwitz. They intend to destroy a German troop transport, but Gretl's unscheduled train reaches the bomb first.Gretl is the only survivor. Jak b Kowalski is planting a bomb on the tracks.As World War II draws to a close, Jak b fights with the Polish resistance against the crushing forces of Germany and Russia.
When Jak b discovers her, guilt and fatherly compassion prompt him to take her in. Though spared from the concentration camp, the orphaned German Jew finds herself lost in a country hostile to her people. For three years, the young man and little girl form a bond over the secrets they must hide from his Catholic family.But she can't stay with him forever.
Jak b sends Gretl to South Africa, where German war orphans are promised bright futures with adoptive Protestant families--so long as