brushmaker's daughter
TitleThe brushmaker's daughter
Author
Call numberJ813.54/078
Object number10782
Place of publicationToronto, Ontario, Canada
PublisherSecond Story Press
Year of publication
2020
Physical description120p
MaterialBook
Series titleHolocaust remembrance book for young readers.
ISBN9781772601381
Description
Set in Berlin, Germany in 1939, a Jewish girl and her blind father try to avoid arrest by the Nazis with the help of a ,German businessman Otto Weidt. Inspired by the real-life hero Otto Weidt - a German who risked his life to protect Jews from the Nazis. Weidt ran a factory that made brushes for the Nazi army and his secret was that he employed blind Jewish workers