Writer Jana Zinser’s Blog

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Declaring War is Very Quiet

January 17, 2016

Bublish Excerpt from The Children’s Train Chapter 25 On September 3, 1939 England declares war on Germany. The borders are sealed and the remaining Kindertransport children are trapped in Nazi Germany.

Catherine Agosta Reviews The Children’s Train

January 4, 2016

5 out of 5 stars.“Once I started reading this I would find it very hard to put down. It surely is a book that needs to be read to ensure something as horrific and tragic as this never happens again. The Author writes mainly from the viewpoint of the children involved in the journey of…

Susan Duthie Reviews The Children’s Train

December 29, 2015

“I knew before reading this book that it was an upsetting story and it was. The book is fiction based on fact. The Kindertransport did exist, it was a rescue train in Germany during world war two. It carried children from Germany to Holland and then they took a ferry to England. The train saved…

Mountain Laurel Gives The Children’s Train 5 Stars

December 28, 2015

“An intense and powerful book made even more heart wrenching because it is told through the eyes of children. It is a mix of desperation, survival and ultimately hope.”

I Will Participate in Your Book Club or Classroom Discussion on The Children’s Train

December 11, 2015

I’ve already had neighborhood book clubs and school reading groups choosing The Children’s Train as their next book and asking if I will join in the book discussion. Yes! Of course! Just get in touch with me through the contact tab on my website www.thechildrenstrain.com. I’ve already had some incredibly wonderful insights from school students.

Home Doesn’t Exist Any More

December 7, 2015

The older kids riding the Kindertransport out of Nazis Germany were placed in Dovercourt, a summer camp, but it was winter. They were free from Hitler, but overwhelmingly lonely and homesick. Read an excerpt of The Children’s train from Bublish here.

Violins of Hope A Story About Music During the Holocaust.

December 7, 2015

A beautiful story about violins in the concentration camps, brought to my attention by my good friend Connie Kalriess Koprowicz. Read about how music can mean so much more to those imprisoned, and those who care about letting the voices of music speak again. Click Here. Jewish prisoners performing in the Janowska Camp in Lvov,…

Holocaust Survivor, Rescuer Reunited in New York City

December 3, 2015

“The Polish woman’s family had taken in the boy at age 4 after he was literally thrown over the wall of the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw by a friend so as not to fall into the hands of the Nazis who herded hundreds of thousands of Jews there, many of them then sent to an…

Refugee Children

November 22, 2015

We look back on the journey of the Kindertransport and see how many children it saved and how they have contributed to our world. So why are we hesitating now?Bublish Excerpt from Chapter 23

Zeb Kantrowitz Reviews The Children’s Train

November 17, 2015

“In November 1938 German military forces destroyed synagogues, Jewish businesses, and murdered Jews with impunity. Three weeks after “Kristalnacht” the first kinder-transport left Berlin for England. We follow those who were lucky enough to go to England and what happened to their family and friends who remained in Germany. Zinser has done a fine job…

5 Stars for The Childern’s Train from Reviewer Peggy Geiger

November 16, 2015

Excerpt from the book:“Peter Weinberg, with the gray, piercing eyes, was eleven when he had to face the truth that the world was filled with evil, and there was nothing he could do about it. The Nazi monster, Adolph Hitler, had risen to power in Germany, and he didn’t like Jews, not even the small…

Paris, City of Lights, Shine on! Do Not Be Dimmed!

November 14, 2015