[2] Teller viewed the project as one not only of historical research but also as a source of inspiration and hope for readers who face challenges, albeit less formidable, in their own lives.

[5] The cover design reproduces an authentic photograph of children at the liberation of Auschwitz in January 1945, from the collection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

[7] Knowing only the boy's surname and the fact that he lived in Europe, Teller succeeded in locating the individual 70 years later and obtaining his permission.

Their willingness to endanger themselves and sacrifice their own lives in frenzied and often futile efforts to save their children attests to a love that surpasses the reality we know."

This review also lauds the book for putting to rest the canard that the Jews did not resist the Nazis, as the stories reveal the cunning and deception employed by the Germans to control and subdue the population.