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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.
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.
- Memoir
- Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen
- English
- Hachette Book Group
Jan 1, 2002 · 4.24. 103 ratings14 reviews. A young readers' edition of an important and inspiring true story of hope and survival during World War II. Fourteen-year-old Lisa Jura was a musical prodigy who hoped to become a concert pianist. But when Hitler's armies advanced on pre-war Vienna, Lisa's parents were forced to make a difficult decision.
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Product Details. As the Nazi regime rose — and people began to suspect its aims — one program, the Kindertransport, brought 10,000 children into the United Kingdom for safety. Lisa Jura was a 14-year-old musical prodigy whose parents were offered the chance to send one of their three children; they chose her. In a home for refugee.
Lisa Jura’s incredible story has become the bestselling book, The Children of Willesden Lane. It is a powerful story of hope, passion and courage that has inspired readers and audiences everywhere. Transformed into a one-woman stage production based on the book, Golabek has portrayed her mother to sold-out audiences across the nation.
Mar 28, 2017 · The Children of Willesden Lane. : Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Mar 28, 2017 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 224 pages. A young readers' edition of an important and...
Aug 1, 2018 · Mona Golabek, concert pianist and author, wrote The Children of Willesden Lane, the true story of her mother, Lisa Jura, who fled to London on the Kindertransport to escape from Austria during the Holocaust. It is an inspiring, uplifting tale of a young girl's dream of becoming a concert pianist.
- Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen
