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Books How these Dutch Jewish artists aided the resistance with children’s books While hiding from the Nazis, a husband and wife published dozens of children’s books anonymously.
He was handed a copy of "Things We Couldn't Say," the true story of Eman, who as a young Dutch woman worked with her fiancé, Hein Sietsma, to rescue imperiled Jews in Nazi-occupied Holland. "The book ...
Whimsical children’s books signed El Pintor were a success in the Netherlands during World War II. Behind the pseudonym was a Jewish couple who used the proceeds to help the resistance.
"To Die Beautiful'' focuses on the brief, heroic life of Hannie Schaft, a member of the Dutch Resistance to the Nazis during World War II ...
About 55,000 Dutch people played some role in resistance activities during the war, but only a small minority — about 2,000 to 3,000 — focused on helping Jews escape the deportations and go ...
And still the stories keep coming. At 98, Selma van de Perre has published her first book, a memoir about her activities in the Dutch Resistance and her ordeals at Ravensbrück concentration camp ...
He considered writing about Corrie ten Boom, whose family in Haarlem, Holland joined the Dutch resistance. ... “The Hiding Place” is an unforgettable book, the story of quiet, ...
Much of the book centers on Maud’s 1907 birthday, a happy time in a story that is not always pretty. “The Road to Roswell,” by B. Connie Willis (Del Rey) Francie is in Roswell, N.M., to ...
Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book is simultaneously a sexually charged, non-stop action movie about the Dutch resistance to German occupation in World War II and a bleak examination of the often ...
Ambo Anthos, the Amsterdam-based publishing house that printed the Dutch-language translation of a controversial book alleging that a Jew had betrayed Anne Frank, has apologized for not reviewing ...
"The book tells how Diet and Hein aided the Resistance," says Prince. "Their efforts cost Diet her freedom and Hein his life. But they and their fellow Resistance members saved hundreds of Dutch Jews.