It is a wonderful book, and perfectly positioned as an introduction to the horrors of the Holocaust.

Judith died in May 2019 at the age of 95, and her stories continue to entertain and delight generations of children.I remember reading Judith Kerr's semi-autobiographical novel 'When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit' at the young, tender age of eight or nine - the same age as the protagonist, Anna. Judith was awarded the Booktrust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016, and in 2019 was named Illustrator of the Year at the British Book Awards. Published in 1968 and never out of print in the fifty years since, it has become a much-loved classic and perennial bestseller. She left the BBC to look after their two children, who inspired her first picture book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Judith married the celebrated screenwriter Nigel Kneale in 1954. She studied at the Central School of Art and later worked as a scriptwriter for the BBC. Her family left Germany in 1933 to escape the rising Nazi party, and came to England.

Biography: Judith Kerr OBE was born in Berlin.

This new paperback edition celebrates fifty years of this extraordinary story. It has gone on to become a beloved classic that is required reading for many children all over the world and is an unforgettable introduction to the real-life impact of the Second World War. Judith Kerr wrote When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit fifty years ago, based on her own journey, so that her own children would know where she came from and the lengths to which her parents went to keep her and her brother safe. This is the start of a huge adventure, sometimes frightening, very often funny and always exciting.

But one day she and her brother Max are rushed out of Germany in alarming secrecy, away from everything they know. This is what happened to Anna in 1933.Īnna is too busy with her schoolwork and tobogganing to listen to the talk of Hitler. Suppose that without your noticing, it became dangerous for some people to live in it any longer, and you found, to your surprise, that your own father was one of those people. This beautiful new edition celebrates the fifty year anniversary of an adventure that Michael Morpurgo called 'The most life-enhancing book you could ever wish to read.' Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo This semi-autobiographical classic, written by the beloved Judith Kerr, tells the story of a Jewish family escaping Germany in the days before the Second World War.

When hitler stole my pink rabbit