Touch Wood By RenéE Roth-Hano
³Touch Wood² is based on the author¹s own life when she was growing as
a Jewish girl during the German invasion of France. In 1940, Renée and
her family were living in Alsace, France, where nothing ever changed. No
one expected anything unusual to happen. Then one day, a war with
Germany is announced on the radio. The Germans wanted to annex Alsace
and forced the Jews to leave. France was split into two zones- the Free
Zone and the German occupied zone. Renée¹s father chose for them to move
to Paris, because it is a big city where he can find work, and also
because Renée¹s mother has childhood friends there. So, Renée, her
parents, her two younger sisters, and their blind grandmother move into
a crowded apartment in the German-occupied zone.
Renée was disappointed in Paris when she arrived. She finds that
everything seems to be smaller in Paris. Eventually, her new
neighborhood becomes more of a home and helps Renée to miss Alsace a......
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