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Emil and Karl

by Yankev Glatshteyn · 1940

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'Emil and Karl' is the moving story of two nine-year-old boys living in Vienna under the Nazis. Based on the author's travels around Europe in the 1930s, it is an account of the roots of the Holocaust.

Genre
historical fictionHolocaustWorld War IIwar and militarycoming of age
Themes
friendshipsurvival
Setting
HolocaustWorld War II20th centuryAustriaVienna
Subject
history
Audience
young adultchildrensmiddle grade
Length
short · 176 pages

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