This is an inspiring tribute to humanity and hope preserved by the survivors of the Mauthausen concentration camp, in defiance of the monstrous conditions they endured.  This is the story of a flag surreptitiously sewn from scraps of sheets and jackets by detainees, as a gift for their American heroes.  Working from memory, the prisoners created this hand stitched flag, inadvertently adding an extra row of stars.  When the flag was presented to their liberators, commanding officer Colonel Richard Seibel ordered that the flag with fifty-six stars be flown proudly over the camp as a symbol of freedom.  Details of the Nazi atrocities are muted, but the sorrow, hunger, hopelessness, and finally optimism shine through in this well researched presentation.  Ages 8-11.