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Peter Sís on Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero
of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

h1 January 28th, 2021 by jules


“Nicky set up an office in a hotel in Prague. He made lists of children. …”
(Click illustration to enlarge)


 

Over at BookPage, I’ve got a review of Peter Sís’s Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued (Norton Young Readers, January 2021). That review is here.

I also had the pleasure of asking him some questions about this remarkable book. That Q&A is here.

Below are some spreads from the book.

(And if you’re wanting more Sís today: Here is my 2019 7-Imp interview with him, and here is an excellent NPR piece, posted yesterday, about the new book.)

 


“In October, the German army marched into the border region
of Czechoslovakia, called Sudentenland. …”
(Click spread to enlarge and read text in its entirety)


 


“Eight trains left Prague in the spring and summer of 1939.
Six hundred sixty-nine children of all ages reached London safely.”
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“Nicky was the guest on a television show. He didn’t know it, but the old friends he had been invited to meet were some of the children. Vera was one of them. She sat next to Nicky. When the host told her story, she stood up.”
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NICKY & VERA: A QUIET HERO OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE CHILDREN HE RESCUED. Copyright © 2021 by Peter Sís. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, New York.





One comment to “Peter Sís on Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero
of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued”

  1. “Eight trains left Prague…” These words, this image, this reality pulled me into this story. Peter Sis has created another amazing book!

         by Joan Schoettler January 28th, 2021 at 10:48 am

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