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Wolf Trapped.


Wolf Trapped

Robert Follett, author

As told by Peter Natan

Alpine Guild Inc.

PO Box 4848, Dillon, CO 80435

0931712297 $29.95 www.alpineguild.com

Wolf Trapped: The Life and Death of a Young Artist in Hitler's Europe is the true story of Wolfgang Hamburger, a brilliant artist and cartoonist prodigy An online information service that provides access to the Internet, e-mail and a variety of databases. Launched in 1988, Prodigy was the first consumer-oriented online service in the U.S.  trapped in Europe during the advance of the Nazis. He was sent to a detention camp in 1939, and though released in 1940, he had to confront a terrible decision with his beloved wife--her failing health all but guaranteed that she would not survive escape from the relentless Nazi advance, no matter where they tried to go. Author Robert Follett relates Wolf's sad tale as told by Wolf's brother, Peter Natan, and illustrated by Wolf's own art and cartoons. A tragic story of genius cut short, and a microcosm mi·cro·cosm  
n.
A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development: "He sees the auto industry as a microcosm of the U.S.
 of the waste, murder, and inhumanity in·hu·man·i·ty  
n. pl. in·hu·man·i·ties
1. Lack of pity or compassion.

2. An inhuman or cruel act.


inhumanity
Noun

pl -ties

1.
 perpetrated by the Holocaust Holocaust (hŏl`əkôst', hō`lə–), name given to the period of persecution and extermination of European Jews by Nazi Germany. .
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Title Annotation:Wolf Trapped: The Life and Death of a Young Artist in Hitler's Europe
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Date:Nov 1, 2006
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