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Out of the Hitler Time: "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit", "Other Way Round", "Small Person Far Away" (Paperback)

by Judith Kerr (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 816 pages
  • Publisher: Collins (10 Nov 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 000675077X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006750772
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 207,048 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Synopsis

This trilogy is a largely autobiographical account of how Anna and her family flee Germany in 1933, travelling to Switzerland, then France, then England. In London during the Blitz, Anna is an "enemy alien". After the war she returns to Berlin where her mother is very ill, and must face the past.


About the Author

Judith Kerr was born in Berlin, the daughter of a distinguished German writer. She left Germany with her family in 1933 to escape from the Nazis and they arrived in England in 1936, having spent the intervening years in Switzerland and France. She has a daughter who is a designer and a son who is a novelist. Judith lives in London. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating..., 30 Nov 2003
Although this book is technically a children's book I loved it. It is easy to forget that war didn't just affect the men on the front-line, and this book takes us on the journey of the life an every day family. Anna's family may be Jewish, but they are not a religious family, and Anna only knows she is a Jew because her Father tells her so. This must have been very confusing for a child. The story is based on the true life of the author, which adds meaning to the plot.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite the complete omnibus, 9 Jan 2008
By S. Tucker (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews
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If you are thinking of getting this edition instead of the three books individually, be aware that it does not contain the complete text of the last, A Small Person Far Away. I don't know about the other two but the cuts for the third were considerable. However, this in no way detracts from the power of the story. This book should be read by as many people as possible, in whatever form.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars direct, honest and deep, 19 Dec 2005
By Mr. Ian A. Macfarlane "almac1975" (Fife, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This trilogy , fictionalised as it is, is really Judith Kerr's own story of her family's escape from Nazi Germany at the time of Hitler's accession to power, their stay in Switzerland and then England, deprived of the comfortable lifestyle they had in Berlin (her father was a successful and highly esteemed writer), her first steps in the world of creative art (and a parallel love affair) and then, in her third book, her return in the 1950s to Berlin to visit her ill mother. It is written very simply and directly, as for a young person, but there is nothing childish about it. The directness makes it both powerful and moving. I have never read such a 'real' personal account of the Blitz, for example. I came to these books through the writer's children's books about The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog the Forgetful Cat, classics both. These three books are a different kind of thing, but it is easy to see the link between the gentle humanity of the children's books and this trilogy. Strongly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars vivid and moving

I never read `When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit' at school but picked up my daughter's copy which I enjoyed very much and decided to buy the whole omnibus. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Dr. Sarah A. Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars 'A very motivating and capturing story'
This story will bring tears to your eyes.
It's based on the experience of the author's childhood. Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars So good about growing up, families, 'being there' in history
Everything in the books sounds true and imaginable; it could happen to you or your parents or grandparents. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars These work brilliantly put together as a trilogy
I was fascinated by the way that the authorial voice changed and matured with Anna. Things that seemed puzzling and simplistic in When Hitler Stole the Pink Rabbit, take on more... Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2000 by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley

5.0 out of 5 stars The characters seem alive!
I loved reading all 3 of these books, though I enjoyed "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" most. Read more
Published on 19 April 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read for anyone
This book is was about a girl called Anna and a boy called Max. They had to leave Germany because the Nazis wanted to arrest Anna and Max's Papa. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars A book I have read 100 times since July
Judith Kerr is fantastic at putting across her thoughts and feelings in this marvellous trilogy! I first read "When Hitler stole pink rabbit" when I was 10. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 1999

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