In Vienna, Austria, in 1940, two nine-year-old boys, one Jewish and one Aryan, are classmates and best friends when events of the Nazi occupation draw them even closer together as they fight to survive and escape together.
General Note
"The original Yiddish edition of Emil un Karl was published in 1940 by Farlag M.S. Sklarsky, New York City"--T.p. verso.
Translation of: Emil un Karl.
"A Neal Porter Book."