A first-hand account of the horrors World War II inflicted upon children around the world, based on journals, diaries, and letters.. World War II was the first modern war in which more civilians than soldiers were killed; by August 1945, more than 39 million civilians had died as a direct result of the war, about half of them children. In Through the Eyes of Innocents, Emmy Werner tells the story of the children of World War II, through their own words. Drawing on diaries, letters, and journals kept by children and teenagers caught up in the war, Werner shows the universality of the war experience, regardless of location: the children of Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, Russia, and the United States are all represented through some 150 eye-witness accounts. Werner focuses on the shared experiences of these children, how they endured, and how they were changed forever by events beyond their control. }World War II was the first modern war in which more civilians than soldiers were killed or maimed: When it ended in August 1945, more than thirty-nine millions civilians had died as a direct result of the war, and some thirteen million of these were children.
In Through the Eyes of Innocents, Emmy Werner tells the story of the children of World War II through their own words. Drawing on diaries, letters, and journals kept by youngsters caught up in the war, Werner shows the universality of their experience. Children and teenagers from a dozen countries - England, Germany, France, Japan, the former Soviet Union, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Poland and the United States - are all represented in some 200 eye-witness accounts. Werner focuses on their shared reactions to the war, the hardships they endured, how they coped, and how the war experience shaped their lives. The message they share with other children in contemporary wars is an extraordinary affirmation of life and the sustaining power of hope and human decency. }
- ISBN10 0813335353
- ISBN13 9780813335353
- Publish Date 25 November 1999
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 19 September 2001
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
- Imprint Westview Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English