A Boyhood Under Nazi Occupation: The Personal Story of Jan Duijvestein - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jan Duijvestein, Janine Barchas (Translator)Publish date:6/30/2020Pages:138
Language:EnglishPublisher:Edward Everett RootISBN-13:9781913087487ISBN-10:1913087484UPC:9781913087487Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Social History, Wars & Conflicts, HistoricalBook Topic:World War IISize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.3704Product ID:SCCK80YDB5
A Boyhood Under Nazi Occupation: The Personal Story of Jan Duijvestein
The power of these first-hand and well-illustrated recollections about a boyhood in occupied Holland lies in their extraordinary ordinariness. / As the fourth child of a large Catholic family in The Hague, Jan was spared the horrors of true persecution by the Nazis. Yet his detailed memories of deprivation and dread vividly conjure up the harshness of Dutch life under Hitler's cruel rule. / Young...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Edward Everett RootISBN-13:9781913087487ISBN-10:1913087484UPC:9781913087487Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Social History, Wars & Conflicts, HistoricalBook Topic:World War IISize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.3704Product ID:SCCK80YDB5
Jan Duijvestein was born in The Hague, Holland, into a large middle-class Catholic family with seven children--all of whom miraculously survived the war. Wartime dangers never damaged his infectious optimism. Eventually, Jan set up a realty business in The Hague. When the Cold War threatened Europe once again in the 1970s, memories of his liberation by American troops influenced his decision to...
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