How Long to Read The Story of Fred A. Kahn

How Long Does it Take to Read The Story of Fred A. Kahn?

It takes the average reader and 24 minutes to read The Story of Fred A. Kahn by Marcus Yarboro

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Fred Kahn was born in Wiesbaden, Germany shortly before Hitler came to power. His parents left Germany to escape the Nazis but felt traveling with a newborn would have put them at risk. They left their baby with his childless Aunt Rosa and Uncle Siegfried. They presumed that Hitler and the Nazis would not stay in power long. This was not the case. His aunt and uncle became like parents and he lived with them for six years. "A synagogue which had been built in the 1800's was next to my aunt and uncle's house in Wehen. My uncle was responsible for it. He and his cousin transported pine boxes in a horse-drawn carriage. I was told they contained the shul's [synagogue's] religious relics. I watched as they buried the boxes in a nearby landfill. The synagogue was burnt down six weeks later, on Kristallnacht. By premonition, it seems, the relics had escaped the sacrilegious desecration by fire." When Fred's parents heard the news that Germany was going to war, they called Siegfried with this message: "Get the boy out of Germany." The next night Fred's uncle woke six-year-old Fred and told him to put on his best suit. A brave Christian woman named Maria Goar would take him to his parents in Belgium. At that time, there was a "no man's land" between Germany and Belgium. Fred's father stood on the Belgian side, imploring the guards to let the young boy cross, saying, "C'est mon fils!" (French for "That's my son!"). Freddy was finally permitted to cross the border to a father he didn't know. After the Germans occupied Belgium in May 1940, the Kahn family went into hiding to avoid being sent to a concentration camp. Four years later, Uncle Siegfried and Aunt Rosa were sent to an extermination camp. Rosa wrote Fred a farewell postcard the night before she left. The Kahns used the old identity papers of a Catholic family so Fred began to use a typical gentile last name Lejeune. Once Belgium was liberated, the family returned to Germany. "I ran into my old friends, kids on the street," Fred recalls, "and they couldn't believe I was still alive." His aunt and uncle were not so lucky. "The only family I knew until I was reunited with my own parents were killed in the Sobibor extermination camp in June 1942." Maria Goar, the Christian friend of his aunt and uncle who took him to meet his father, sent Siegfried's pocket watch to Fred shortly after the war. He still treasures this watch today. In 1952, at age nineteen, Fred immigrated to the United States. He settled in Baltimore, Maryland. Fred earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of Maryland. In 1956, while vice president of the University's International Club, Fred suggested the idea of presidential debates. He enlisted the support of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The press heralded his proposal, which laid the roots for the Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate, televised in 1960. Fred worked as a political economist for the U.S. Department of Labor under six presidents: Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush. He was awarded a distinguished career service award by the U.S. Secretary of Labor and retired in 1992 after 30 years of a long and fruitful career.

How long is The Story of Fred A. Kahn?

The Story of Fred A. Kahn by Marcus Yarboro is 24 pages long, and a total of 6,096 words.

This makes it 8% the length of the average book. It also has 7% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Story of Fred A. Kahn Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 33 minutes to read The Story of Fred A. Kahn aloud.

What Reading Level is The Story of Fred A. Kahn?

The Story of Fred A. Kahn is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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