Book Set 1 - Social Justice Superstars

Henry Langrehr was a paratrooper who crashed through the roof of a greenhouse (as seen in the movie "The Longest Day"). He was captured as a prisoner of war (POW) and became an eyewitness to the horrors of Auschwitz concentration camp.

Read how important a doll named Marlene became to a little Jewish girl named Inge during World War II. Young Inge drew comfort from her dolly while being tortured and starved by the Nazis.

Viola Knapp Ruffner and Booker T. Washington grew up in very different worlds. Viola grew up with strict Puritan ethics in the north where slavery was not accepted. Booker, a determined individual, grew up as a slave in the south. One would think they seemed an unlikely pair. Not so, Viola was a teacher, and Booker was a boy who wanted to learn.

Curt Lowen was accepted to work with the Dutch Underground to help move Jewish children into Christian homes where they might be safer. He changed his name to “Ben” in order to do this kind of work during the war. After the war, Curt immigrated to America and decided to become an actor. His first job was on Broadway, where he played, of all things, a Nazi soldier.

As a little Jewish girl in Germany during the rise of the Nazi party, Reni didn’t get to be a child for long. At six years of age her family moved from their longtime home in Berlin to Amsterdam to escape the Nazi threat and the persecution of Jews.

John Moon was a young man working at Caterpillar in Peoria, Illinois when Pearl Harbor was bombed and the U.S. entered WWII. John hated to leave his wife and son, but he decided to do his part to make the world safe, so he joined the Marines.

John ran from his cover six times to pull wounded soldiers to safety and then tend to their wounds. They survived, and John was awarded the Bronze Star for Heroism. The Allies won the war, and John’s unit liberated a Nazi concentration camp. He was an eyewitness to the horrific treatment of the Jewish people there. One Jewish man died in his arms as he tried to feed him.

Read about Eva’s struggles and how her guardian angel kept her safe from harm.

Al Taylor joined the Army and was stationed in Hawaii during a very traumatic event, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. Al and a team of doctors worked tirelessly for two days straight to stabilize those injured in the attack.