WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT

by Judith Kerr ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 1, 1972

Among Hitler's other crimes, he stole Anna's pink rabbit (when he confiscated all of her Jewish family's property) and made her a refugee at the age of ten -- moving from Berlin to Switzerland, France and England in search of a new home. While she only vaguely comprehends the events that worry her parents so much (wondering what it means when people say that Hitler will ""get"" the Jews and that her father has ""a price on his head""), Anna writes poems about disasters and suffers from nightmares. Most of the time, however, she is absorbed by the minor difficulties of adjusting to expatriation -- the awkward attentions of Swiss boys, struggles with the French language, brother Max's effortless adaptabilty -- and the adventure of newfound poverty. The title, though initially disconcerting, really says it all: the repercussions of Nazism seen through a child's personalizing perspective and recalled with autobiographical verity.

Pub Date: March 1, 1972

ISBN: 0142414085

Page Count: -

Publisher: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1972

Categories: FICTION