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  1. Hachette Book Group. ISBN. 978-0-446-69027-0. The Children of Willesden Lane is a memoir by Mona Golabek, documenting the life of her mother, Lisa, from the time she left Vienna, Austria to the end of World War II. It has been adapted into a film and an organization formed in honor of the book, that is dedicated to empowering people with the arts.

  2. Mar 28, 2017 · As she yearned to be reunited with her family while she lived in a home for refugee children on Willesden Lane, Lisa's music became a beacon of hope. A memoir of courage and the power of music to uplift the human spirit, this compelling tribute to one special young woman and the lives she touched will both educate and inspire young readers.

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    • Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen
  3. Feb 23, 2017 · The Children of Willesden Lane is the powerful true story of Lisa Jura, who fled Nazi-occupied Vienna on the Kindertransport as a child. Jura was one of 10,000 young refugees who were separated from their parents and brought to England for safety before World War II. Written by Jura’s daughter, concert pianist Mona Golabek, and the poet Lee ...

  4. The Children of Willesden Lane represents an unusual opportunity to educate and inspire current and future generations of students and teachers in the lessons of history and human perseverance. By maximizing the book’s message through this incisive curriculum developed by Facing History and

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  6. May 25, 2002 · The Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love and Survival, by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen. Lisa Jura was fourteen-years old and living in pre-World War II Vienna when her parents put her on a Kindertransport train leaving for England. Lisa was studying piano, and had hoped to become a concert pianist.

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  7. Jan 12, 2023 · The children of Willesden Lane. Publication date 2017 Topics Golabek, Lisa Jura -- Childhood and youth ...

  8. Nov 14, 2021 · An eye-opening insight into the Kindertransport and life in wartime London as a young person, The Children of Willesden Lane is told by Lisa's daughter Mona. Pure and selfless kindnesses of the people around Lisa balance other horrors as the war bites down, while her musical talent shines through and brings hope for the future. Author. Booklists.

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