"Fanny durft zich niet aan haar tweede vader, Dries, te hechten. Ze wrods heen en weer geslingerd tussen een nostalgisch verlangen naar haar in de oorlog gestorven vader en haar ambivalente gevoelens voor Dries. Dries sterft voordat er iets is uitsgesproken, laat staan begrepen. Waneer fanny, veel later in haar leven, durft in te zien dat zji van Dries gehouden heeft, verandert haar verleden van kleur." ...

Subjects include persecution of Jews in the Netherlands, aid, his arrest, transfer to and imprisonment at Auschwitz, sickness, conditions and ethics of the camp, transfer to Stutthof, then Echterdingen and Ohrdruf, Russians, Americans, German guards, liberation, Mainz DP camp, return to Belgium, psychological impacts of his experiences. Followed by a single-page appendix which covers Wolf’s post-war ...

Item is a photographic print of Sarah Rozenberg-Warm with a group of people on a beach in the Netherlands.

"Dagboeken, verhalen, brieven, tekeningen en foto's geven een beeld van het leven van kinderen in kamp Westerbork tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog." —Publisher

"Ter er van 70 jaar Herdenking van het einde van de Tweede Wereld-oorlog geven de Sociale Verzekeringsbank en de Pensioen- en Uitkeringsraad dit boek cadeau aan alle cliënten de medewerkers. Het is een bloemlezing uit de interviews in het cliëntenbald Aanspraak van 1997–2014. Aanspraak verschijnt ieder kwartaal en is bestemd voor Nederlandse verzetsdeelnemers en oorlogsgetroffenen in het binnen en ...

"Veel van de uit de concentraitekampen teruggekeerde joden kregen in de zomer van 1945 te maken met negatieve reacties vanuit de Nederlandse bevolking. In dit boek worden de vaak schrijnende situaties die zich bij terugkeer in Nederland voordeden uitvoerig beschreven. Met talrijke voorbeelden wordt aangetoond dat er vlak na de bevrijding in Nederland een opleving was van antisemitisme." —Back cove ...

"Narrow escapes and bold decisions define the life of teenager Morris Schnitzer. Fleeing from Nazi Germany before the onset of World War II, Morris ends up in the Netherlands only to watch the country be invaded by the Nazis. With his father’s warning to never set foot in a concentration camp echoing in his mind, Morris resolves to fight—and survive. As he assumes false identities and crosses endless ...

" Out of Hiding , a cross-section of stories collected from one region of the globe—British Columbia, Canada—examining 85 authors and 160 books. Outstanding characters include the heroic whistleblower, Rudolf Vrba, credited by historian Sir Martin Gilbert with saving at least 100,000 lives, as well as Robbie Waisman, likely the only person ever to sneak his way into Nazi prison camps, twice. Discoveries ...

"This memoir is a fascinating portrait of mother and child who miraculously survive two concentration camps, then, after the war, battle demons of the past, societal rejection, disbelief, and invalidation as they struggle to reenter the world of the living. It is the tale of how one newly takes on the world, having lived in the midst of corpses strewn about in the scores of thousands, and how one can ...

"This volume puts to rest the myth that the Jews went passively to the slaughter like sheep. Indeed Jews resisted in every Nazi-occupied country in the forests, the ghettos, and the concentration camps. The essays presented here consider Jewish resistance to be resistance by Jewish persons in specifically Jewish groups, or by Jewish persons working within non-Jewish organizations. Resistance could ...

"Using a new technology, recently discovered documents, and sophisticated investigative techniques, a retired FBI agent and a cold case team painstakingly pieced together the months leading to the infamous arrest of Anne Frank and her family—and came to a shocking conclusion. Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why? Despite the many works devoted to Anne's story, none has ever conclusively ...

"During the Second World War, Mennonites in the Netherlands, Germany, occupied Poland, and Ukraine lived in communities with Jews and close to various Nazi camps and killing sites. As a result of this proximity, Mennonites were neighbours to and witnessed the destruction of European Jews. In some cases they were beneficiaries or even enablers of the Holocaust. Much of this history was forgotten after ...

"Of the three categories that Raul Hilberg developed in his analysis of the Holocaust—perpetrators, victims, and bystanders—it is the last that is the broadest and most difficult to pinpoint. Described by Hilberg as those who were 'once a part of this history,' bystanders present unique challenges for those seeking to understand the decisions, attitudes, and self-understanding of historical actors ...

"This illustrated biography traces Anne's early years before the Secret Annex, her complex relationship with her family, their two years in hiding, what happened after they were caught by the Nazis—and how the discovery of Anne's diary led her father to publish it, thus creating a lasting legacy that has much to teach generations about the triumph of the human spirit." —Book jacket

"I have long described child Holocaust survivors as 'elderly children.' We were forced to grow up overnight and lost pieces of childhood—of play and security, of comfort and predictability, of parental love and guidance. Those few of us fortunate to have survived have spent lifetimes catching up on what we missed. This account reflects the life journey of such a child determined to achieve a sense ...

Item is a photographic print depicting Sarah Rozenberg-Warm leaning over a balcony in a building in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Item is a photographic print depicting Sarah Rozenberg-Warm at the beach in either Amstel or Zandvoort, the Netherlands.

George T. was born in 1912 in Zsolna, Hungary, which became part of Czechoslovakia after the First World War. He describes his family and early childhood. His family moved to Miskolc, Hungary after his mother had a stroke and died shortly after. He recalls his father remarrying a woman much more religious. He describes increasing antisemitism. He describes attending medical school in Debrecen and facing ...

Stanley W. was born in Calgary, Canada on August 15, 1923. He describes the Jewish community and experiencing antisemitism in school. He discusses becoming aware of politics in Europe and the experiences of the Jewish people there. He describes his family. He recalls joining the Canadian army in 1941 and discusses his mobilization to Toronto where he was a private then a leading aircraftsman in the ...

Andre B. was born in Amsterdam on September 27, 1937. He describes his family and recalls them moving to Naarden in 1940. He describes how his father brought him and his sister to stay with a family in a small city and never seeing his parents again. He recalls staying with this family for six weeks and then with another family for two and a half years. He describes hiding for long periods and not ...

Leo V. was born on July 7, 1940 in Amsterdam. He describes his first memories of his father telling the family they had to leave their home and being taken to the hospital on the basis that he was suffering a contagious disease. He explains that he was kept in an isolation ward. He discusses his aunt’s memories of these events and how they are different from his. He describes being taken to a foster ...

Black-and-white poster with photographs and captions commemorating the 25th anniversary of the liberation of The Netherlands.

Estera K. was born in Lopshka [Łopuszka Mała, Poland] near the big city of Kańczuga. She describes her family and their religious life. She recalls going to a compulsory Catholic school. She describes the Jewish community and incidents of antisemitism. She recalls wishing her family would leave Poland but they were reluctant despite escalating tensions. Estera left with a cousin to go to Holland and ...

Item is a photographic print of Sarah Rozenberg-Warm disembarking a plane in Amsterdam, Netherlands.