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My train to freedom : a Jewish boy's journey from Nazi Europe to a life of activism, Ivan A. Backer
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- Summary
- In May of 1939, as a ten-year-old boy, Ivan Backer boarded one of Sir Nicholas Winston's famous Kindertransports and fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia for the United Kingdom. Detailed in this true story is Backer's escape, his boyhood in England, his perilous 1944 voyage to America and his mantra today as an award-winning humanitarian and an activist for peace and justice
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 188 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- The Kindertransport kid, 1939
- Childhood memories from before the Nazis, 1929-1939
- The rest of my family escapes, one by one, 1939
- My three English families, 1939
- From school to school to school, 1939-1944
- Perilous voyage to America, 1944
- New York, 1944-1946
- Why was I spared? 1946-1952
- Being a businessman and an activist, 1952-1963
- Being a parish priest and an activist, 1964-1969
- Being an educator and an activist, 1969-1979
- Being a president and an activist, 1979-1999
- Being retired and still an activist, 1999-now
- Am I a Jew? Am I a Christian?
- People, places, and things: an update
- Isbn
- 9781634506045
- Label
- My train to freedom : a Jewish boy's journey from Nazi Europe to a life of activism
- Title
- My train to freedom
- Title remainder
- a Jewish boy's journey from Nazi Europe to a life of activism
- Statement of responsibility
- Ivan A. Backer
- Title variation
- My train to freedom
- Title variation remainder
- a Jewish boys journey from Nazi Europe to a life of activism
- Subject
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- trueWorld War II -- Jews | Rescue -- Great Britain
- Backer, Ivan A
- trueChild refugees
- trueChild refugees -- Biography
- trueCzech people
- trueCzechoslovakia
- trueEastern European people
- trueEngland
- trueGreat Britain
- trueHolocaust (1933-1945)
- Holocaust survivors -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography
- Holocaust survivors -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Human rights workers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueJewish children
- trueJewish children -- Biography
- trueJewish people
- trueJews, Czech
- trueKindertransports (Rescue operations)
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations) -- Czechoslovakia
- truePolitical activists
- Political activists -- Biography
- trueRailroad travel
- trueRefugees, Jewish
- trueRefugees, Jewish -- Great Britain
- trueRefugees, Jewish -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueUnited States
- trueWorld War II
- trueWorld War II -- Jewish people | Rescue
- trueWorld War II -- Jews | Rescue
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In May of 1939, as a ten-year-old boy, Ivan Backer boarded one of Sir Nicholas Winston's famous Kindertransports and fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia for the United Kingdom. Detailed in this true story is Backer's escape, his boyhood in England, his perilous 1944 voyage to America and his mantra today as an award-winning humanitarian and an activist for peace and justice
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10513314
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Backer, Ivan A
- Dewey number
- 940.53/18092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Backer, Ivan A
- Holocaust survivors
- Holocaust survivors
- Human rights workers
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations)
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a Jewish boy's journey from Nazi Europe to a life of activism
- Label
- My train to freedom : a Jewish boy's journey from Nazi Europe to a life of activism, Ivan A. Backer
- Carrier category
- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Contents
- The Kindertransport kid, 1939 -- Childhood memories from before the Nazis, 1929-1939 -- The rest of my family escapes, one by one, 1939 -- My three English families, 1939 -- From school to school to school, 1939-1944 -- Perilous voyage to America, 1944 -- New York, 1944-1946 -- Why was I spared? 1946-1952 -- Being a businessman and an activist, 1952-1963 -- Being a parish priest and an activist, 1964-1969 -- Being an educator and an activist, 1969-1979 -- Being a president and an activist, 1979-1999 -- Being retired and still an activist, 1999-now -- Am I a Jew? Am I a Christian? -- People, places, and things: an update
- Control code
- 1578636
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 188 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781634506045
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781634506045
- (OCoLC)907190389
- Label
- My train to freedom : a Jewish boy's journey from Nazi Europe to a life of activism, Ivan A. Backer
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Kindertransport kid, 1939 -- Childhood memories from before the Nazis, 1929-1939 -- The rest of my family escapes, one by one, 1939 -- My three English families, 1939 -- From school to school to school, 1939-1944 -- Perilous voyage to America, 1944 -- New York, 1944-1946 -- Why was I spared? 1946-1952 -- Being a businessman and an activist, 1952-1963 -- Being a parish priest and an activist, 1964-1969 -- Being an educator and an activist, 1969-1979 -- Being a president and an activist, 1979-1999 -- Being retired and still an activist, 1999-now -- Am I a Jew? Am I a Christian? -- People, places, and things: an update
- Control code
- 1578636
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 188 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781634506045
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781634506045
- (OCoLC)907190389
Subject
- trueWorld War II -- Jews | Rescue -- Great Britain
- Backer, Ivan A
- trueChild refugees
- trueChild refugees -- Biography
- trueCzech people
- trueCzechoslovakia
- trueEastern European people
- trueEngland
- trueGreat Britain
- trueHolocaust (1933-1945)
- Holocaust survivors -- Czechoslovakia -- Biography
- Holocaust survivors -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Human rights workers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueJewish children
- trueJewish children -- Biography
- trueJewish people
- trueJews, Czech
- trueKindertransports (Rescue operations)
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations) -- Czechoslovakia
- truePolitical activists
- Political activists -- Biography
- trueRailroad travel
- trueRefugees, Jewish
- trueRefugees, Jewish -- Great Britain
- trueRefugees, Jewish -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueUnited States
- trueWorld War II
- trueWorld War II -- Jewish people | Rescue
- trueWorld War II -- Jews | Rescue
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