Based on eye-witness accounts; interviews; and prodigious research by the author; who is an expert in the field; this is a unique contribution to the literature of World War II; and a most compelling account of German inhumanity towards children in occupied Poland.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. An amazing true story of a family fiercely resisting the cruelties thrust upon itBy Midwest Book ReviewA Shadow on the Household: One Enslaved Family's Incredible Struggle for Freedom is the true-life story of a family of slaves - John Weems; his wife Arabella; and their seven children - who were divided up among the heirs of slaveowner Adam Robb when he died. Distraught at the dissolution of his family; Weems resolved to buy his family from the slave traders before they were taken into the Deep South. As news of the Weems family tragedy spread; it raised awareness of the plight of divided slave families in both Britain and the United States; lighting a fire under the press and in the consciences of American citizens. Some of the Weems family took their freedom into their own hands; and dared to escape and evade slave catchers rather than wait for rescue; one daughter even learned to dress; walk; and act like a boy as a disguise. An amazing true story of a family fiercely resisting the cruelties thrust upon it.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Shadow on the HouseholdBy R. M. BarrettExquisitely researched; reads like a novel; wrenched my heart out; stood me in awe of the goodness of humanity and bopped me with its totally unexpected ending. A great book.
