A Childhood Unspoken

By Marie Doduck and Lauren Faulkner Rossi

The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs

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I did not cry. I became like a robot, a child of silence. This is how I could survive, by not allowing myself to feel.

Mariette is only five years old when the Nazis invade her hometown of Brussels, Belgium, in 1940. Soon her family is torn apart, and Mariette and her siblings are scattered across the city and countryside, hiding with non-Jews and in convents and orphanages or working for the resistance. Seeing violence and death all around her, Mariette learns the skills she needs to survive — how to throw a knife, jump from a moving vehicle and, most importantly, stay silent. Mariette emerges from the war quick-thinking, fiercely independent and ready to start a new life in Canada. As she navigates a transition to a new identity as Marie — an industrious and resourceful community member, mother and advocate for children’s rights — Mariette, the silent child, begins to find her voice.

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Publication Date: January 9, 2023

Reading Age: Adult

Genre: Adult Nonfiction

Product Format: Paperback

Pages: 220

ISBN: 9781989719978

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