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The flag with fifty-six stars : a gift from the survivors of Mauthausen / by Susan Goldman Rubin ; illustrated by Bill Farnsworth.

Title
The flag with fifty-six stars : a gift from the survivors of Mauthausen / by Susan Goldman Rubin ; illustrated by Bill Farnsworth.
Author
Rubin, Susan Goldman.
Publication
New York : Holiday House, c2005.

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Additional Authors
Farnsworth, Bill.
Description
40 p. : col. ill.; 29 cm.
Summary
On May 6, 1945, when members of the 11th Armored Division of the U.S. Army marched into the Mauthausen concentration camp, they were presented with an extraordinary gift. A group of prisoners, had surreptitiously pieced together a U.S. flag with an extra row of stars. Colonel Richard Seibel had the flag proudly flown over the camp as a symbol of freedom. This inspiring account of the liberation of one of the Third Reich's most infamous camps is a tribute to the humanity and hope preserved by the survivors. The paintings by Bill Farnsworth depict the events. Source notes, a bibliography, further resources, an index, and a reproduction of the actual flag are included.
Subject
  • Flags > United States > Juvenile literature
  • Holocaust survivors > Germany > Juvenile literature
  • Mauthausen (Concentration camp) > Juvenile literature
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Liberation > Germany > Juvenile literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-38) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 0823416534 (hardcover)
  • 9780823416530
LCCN
^^2004047457
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library