01768cam a2200289 4500 425307828 TxAuBib 20200515120000.0 040402s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004047457 9780823416530 hardcover 0823416534 hardcover (OCoLC)55066971 TxAuBib Rubin, Susan Goldman. The flag with fifty-six stars : a gift from the survivors of Mauthausen / by Susan Goldman Rubin ; illustrated by Bill Farnsworth. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, 2005. 40 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-38) and index. On May 6, 1945, when members of the 11th Armored Division of the U.S. Army marched into the Mauthausen concentration camp, they were presented with an extraordinary gift. A group of prisoners, had surreptitiously pieced together a U.S. flag with an extra row of stars. Colonel Richard Seibel had the flag proudly flown over the camp as a symbol of freedom. This inspiring account of the liberation of one of the Third Reich's most infamous camps is a tribute to the humanity and hope preserved by the survivors. The paintings by Bill Farnsworth depict the events. Source notes, a bibliography, further resources, an index, and a reproduction of the actual flag are included. 20200515. Mauthausen (Concentration camp) Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 Concentration camps Liberation Germany Juvenile literature. Flags United States Juvenile literature. Farnsworth, Bill.