Frances Cutler Hahn’s world was turned upside down when Nazis marched into her native country, France. She and other Jewish children were harassed, and the older children were no longer permitted to attend school. When news began to circulate that Jewish children were being taken away from their families to some unknown destination, it was arranged for Frances and other young children to be sent to a Catholic children's home on a farm in a tiny village in France.
This videoconference is the story of the years that Frances Cutler Hahn spent in a non-Jewish, Catholic children's home; of her daily fear of being caught; and of the bittersweet life with these brave and kind people who rescued Frances and other Jewish children from the hands of the Nazis while risking their own lives to save Jewish children.
The Nazis were looking for the Jewish children. If the villagers took in the children, they must never let the Nazis know that they were there. How would they hide the children if the Nazis came? This non-Jewish children's home developed an elaborate system of forged documents, fake identities, and bogus ration coupons that allowed Jewish children to survive in the midst of the Holocaust.
Join the Virtual School for this interactive videoconference session as we explore “In My Hiding Place: Stories of a Hidden Child Survivor in France” with Frances Cutler Hahn in the Witnesses and Voices of the Holocaust series.
Time: 9:00 and 10:00 AM (CENTRAL time zone)
Targeted Audience: students in grades 5-12
Format: 45-minutes formatted into 30-minute presentation, and then 15-20 minute Q & A
Cost: $75 per site
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