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As Hitler’s Non-Jewish laws come into effect, Germany is becoming unsafe for Benno and his Jewish family, resulting in Heinz and Benno going to be sent away to Holland.
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After leaving their family behind, Heinz and Benno are denied entrance to Holland before escaping Germany to Holland in a different way, and also escaping the Nazis’ persecution.
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After successfully escaping from Germany, Benno and Heinz must cope with their new home in a convent, a place where Nuns live, and wait for further news of their parents.
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After moving in and out of different living places, Benno and Heinz are moved into England, where they live out their adolescent and young adult lives.
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As Benno grows up, gets married and settles away from his hometown, Germany, to Toronto, Canada, he realizes how lucky he was to survive the Holocaust, and what a sacrifice his parents went through to save him from death by the Nazis.
