The Barn Memoir Of A Family During The Nazi Occupation Of Holland In 1940 1945
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The Barn Memoir Of A Family During The Nazi Occupation Of Holland In 1940 1945
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Author : Jack Dixon
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2014-08-26
The Barn Memoir Of A Family During The Nazi Occupation Of Holland In 1940 1945 written by Jack Dixon and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In May of 1940, Holland was invaded and occupied by the German army. Life was never easy during the Nazi regime. Travel was strictly controlled and a curfew was imposed on the towns. Arbitrary arrest was a constant threat for the people, as was forced labour. All attempts by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Dutch Nazi Party to 'pacify, ' or 'nazify', the people were failures, thanks largely to Dutch social cohesion, and an active underground press. The Mollens, a family of nine, lived in Arnhem, where the father owned a garage and was employed by the authorities to service their vehicles. The Mollens had to cooperate, perforce, but swore never to collaborate with the occupying forces. Survival hinged on a battle of wits with the Germans-and our family usually came out on top. Their most harrowing experience was witnessing the brutal arrest of their Jewish neighbours. All changed after the failure of the battle of Arnhem in September 1944. The entire civilian population of the city and surrounding towns were driven out of their homes at a few hours' notice, and left to find shelter on their own, taking only what they could carry. After three days of walking, the Mollen family found a farmer who allowed them to stay in his empty barn; this was their new 'home' for the last eight months of the war. The Barn narrates the ordeals of the Mollen family during the invasion and occupation of the Netherlands. Mere survival during this time became increasingly difficult, notably during the winter of 1944-1945, which became known as the "Hunger Winter." As food and fuel became more and more scarce, the Mollen family survived on turnips, beets and acorns. They had kept their secret radio, which was hooked up to a Gestapo power line. It afforded them vital information from the BBC about the military situation, which enabled them to taunt the Germans, albeit at risk to their lives. Living through this ordeal called for great ingenuity and humour. We follow the two youngest Mollens who carried out a daring plan to 'liberate' some of their country's stolen coal from a moving train at night; and how the youngest Mollen girl had to have an abscessed tooth extracted without freezing. Written from interviews with members of the Mollen family, the author brings both personal and historical events to the reader in part memoir and part narrative styles. The scenes of their liberation and of the post-liberation events are of an interest equal to their wartime survival, as is their eventual return home to an empty shell of a house.
The Occupied Garden
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Author : Kristen den Hartog
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2009-04-28
The Occupied Garden written by Kristen den Hartog and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-28 with History categories.
The Occupied Garden is the powerful true story of a market gardener and his fiercely devout wife who were living a simple life in Holland when the Nazis invaded in 1940. During the subsequent occupation, Gerrit and Cor den Hartog struggled to keep their young family from starving and from being broken up in an era of intimidation, disappearances, and bombings -- until one devastating day when they found they were unable to protect their children from the war. It wasn't until long after Gerrit and Cor's deaths that their granddaughters began to piece their story together; combing through Dutch archives, family lore, and a neighbor's wartime diary, den Hartog and Kasaboski have lovingly and seamlessly recreated their grandparents' wartime years. The result is an extraordinary tale of strife and hardship that contains moments of breathtaking courage -- a young mother's bicycle journey of two hundred miles to find food for her children, a brother and sister's desperate escape into unoccupied France, a pastor forced into hiding for encouraging acts of resistance -- with a cast of characters that includes the exiled Dutch royal family, Adolf Hitler, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill. But it is Gerrit and Cor who take center stage in what is ultimately a deeply moving love story of a man and woman who drew strength from each other throughout those difficult years. Poignant and unforgettable, Kristen den Hartog and Tracy Kasaboski's The Occupied Garden is a testament to the resiliency of ordinary people living in an extraordinary time, written by two sisters determined to keep their family history alive.
Five Years Under Nazi Occupation
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Author : Elisabeth Hofboer Breslav
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-06-27
Five Years Under Nazi Occupation written by Elisabeth Hofboer Breslav and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-27 with categories.
A World War II Memoir of Resilience and Survival in the Netherlands.
Above The Pigsty
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Author : Peter Van Essen
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2015-08
Above The Pigsty written by Peter Van Essen and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1943 Peter, a 21-year-old Dutch citizen, faces a choice: forced labour in Germany or go into hiding with the help of the resistance movement. After the war he faces another choice: remain in the Netherlands or emigrate from the war-torn country. Throughout his life Peter's decisions are influenced by his strong family ties and his deep personal faith. Above the Pigsty provides a glimpse into the daily life of one onderduiker (person in hiding) during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands from 1940 to 1945 and for the first year after liberation by the Allied troops....
Our Mother S War
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Author : Mel Fiske
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2007-11
Our Mother S War written by Mel Fiske and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Christina Radich and Daniel Fiske began dating in high school, back in 1972. This book is the unlikely result of their teen-aged romance. Christina wanted to capture her mother's story of life in Nazi-occupied Holland. She didn't know how or where to start. Dan suggested that his father, Mel, a former newspaper reporter, could steer her to the starting line. Mel advised Christina to get a recorder and tapes, and ask questions. For the next 15 or so years, she taped her mother's recollections up until her death in 1994. It took several years for Christina to find Lynette Bourne, a medical transcriber, to copy all the tapes. Then Christina brought the transcriptions to Mel Fiske more than ten years after the death of her mother. What do I do now? she asked plaintively. Mel took the unedited transcriptions. He began researching the history of the Dutch people under the Nazi occupation to place the story of Christina's mother in proper historical perspective. Our Mother's War is the story of Aluzia Van Dalen but also that of the Dutch people from 1940 to 1945, the darkest of times for them. Aluzia went through the war with one thought: survival. "I haven't lived yet," she told herself. Our Mother's War recounts her struggle to live.
Through The Eyes Of A Child
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Author : Catherine Vanderzon
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2012-04-01
Through The Eyes Of A Child written by Catherine Vanderzon and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Catherine Ruyter grew up on her parents' dairy farm in Northern Holland. As a child, she rode her bike to school, skated with her family in winter, and in summer swam in the canals that bordered the family farm. In May, 1940, when she was about to turn seven, Hitler invaded Holland and the German army ruled the country. Life changed. There were food and fuel shortages, radios and guns were confiscated, young men were arrested and deported to work in German labor camps. One day a man in a long black leather coat came to the farm to talk to Catherine's father. He was Wim Stolp, a leader in the Dutch resistance. After his visit, the Ruyter family became involved with the Underground. In this brief, compelling memoir, Catherine tells the story of one family's courage in opposing the German occupation and the terrible price they paid. This is an unforgettable story of loss and, ultimately, of forgiveness.
A Boy In Hiding
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Author : Stan Rubens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
A Boy In Hiding written by Stan Rubens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Hidden children (Holocaust) categories.
A poignant, true-survival story of a young boy who hid underground for four years in Holland during World War II. A Boy In Hiding sheds a light on the difficult road that lay ahead for Anne Frank-had she survived. Now, sixty years later, Rubens gives a voice to the young boy, who-despite the hardship and difficulties he encountered, never lost his positive view of life.
When A Neighbor Came Calling
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Author : Albert VanderMey
language : en
Publisher: Jordan Station, Ont. : Paideia Press
Release Date : 1985
When A Neighbor Came Calling written by Albert VanderMey and has been published by Jordan Station, Ont. : Paideia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Netherlands categories.
Tell Your Children About Us The Dutch In Wartime Survivors Remember
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Author : Anne Van Arragon Hutten
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-10-01
Tell Your Children About Us The Dutch In Wartime Survivors Remember written by Anne Van Arragon Hutten and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'The Dutch in Wartime, Survivors Remember' is a series of books containing the wartime memories of Dutch immigrants to Canada and the USA, who survived Nazi occupation of the Netherlands from 1940 to 1945. Book 5, 'Tell your children about us', covers the years of 1943 and 1944, when the struggle to simply survive had become raw and harsh. Food, fuel and clothing were in very short supply and Nazi oppression endangered every citizen's life, every day.
Under Nazi Rule
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Author : Tom Bijvoet
language : en
Publisher: Mokeham Publishing Incorporated
Release Date : 2011-09
Under Nazi Rule written by Tom Bijvoet and has been published by Mokeham Publishing Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'The Dutch in Wartime: Survivors Remember' is a series of books containing the wartime memories of Dutch immigrants to Canada and the USA, who survived Nazi occupation of the Netherlands from 1940 to 1945. In book 2, 'Under Nazi Rule' it becomes clear how the Nazi occupation interfered with every aspect of daily life. We read of years of lost schooling, food rationing, blackouts and curfews and of permanent fear. The danger of becoming a civilian casualty of war, either because of air raids and battles, or because of Nazi terror was ever present. Designed and written to be easily accessible to readers of all ages and backgrounds, these books contain important stories about the devastating effects of war and occupation on a civilian population.