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    Goat in the Attic and Other Stories: A Young Girl's Memories of Hitler's Occupation of Poland
    Goat in the Attic and Other Stories: A Young Girl's Memories of Hitler's Occupation of Poland
    Goat in the Attic and Other Stories: A Young Girl's Memories of Hitler's Occupation of Poland
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    Goat in the Attic and Other Stories: A Young Girl's Memories of Hitler's Occupation of Poland

    By Sophie Stach Virgilio

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    “They don’t need a reason to shoot people.” Sophie Stach Virgilio heard that repeatedly before she was three. When Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939, she was almost a year old. During those years of Nazi occupation, she lived on a farm in Godowa, Poland, with her aunt and her aunt’s two children. The Gestapo visited their farm regularly, and these inspections were always terrifying because they never knew what the Nazis would do next. In Goat in the

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNewman Springs Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateJan 31, 2020
    ISBN9781640965737
    Goat in the Attic and Other Stories: A Young Girl's Memories of Hitler's Occupation of Poland

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