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Author Schogt, Henry G

Title The curtain : witness and memory in wartime Holland / Henry G. Schogt
Published Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 131 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Life writing series
Life writing series.
Contents Remembering Alex, 1939-43 -- The Fortune Teller, 1936-43 -- Mr. Rozenberg's Cigars, 1932-45 -- In the Dark, 1940-55 -- Mussels, 1936-42 -- Lilies of the Valley and Asparagus, 1942-45 -- The Curtain, 1942-44
Summary Henry Schogt met his wife, Corrie, in 1954 in Amsterdam. Each knew the other had grown up in the Netherlands during World War II, but for years they barely spoke of their experiences. This was true for many people - the memories were just too painful. Years later, Henry and Corrie began to piece their memories together, to untangle reality from dreams. Their intent was to help others understand what had happened then, and how it influenced and affected not only their lives but those of all who survived. The seven stories in The Curtain reveal how two families - one Jewish,
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Subject Schogt, Henry G. -- Childhood and youth
Frenkel family.
SUBJECT Frenkel family fast
Schogt, Henry G. fast
Schogt family. fast/nic/nac
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Dutch
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Netherlands
World War, 1939-1945.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Jews
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Pays-Bas.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Récits personnels néerlandais.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Juifs -- Pays-Bas.
SUBJECT Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091018
Subject Netherlands
Pays-Bas -- Histoire -- 1940-1945 (Occupation allemande)
Genre/Form Electronic books
autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
History
Personal narratives
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.
Récits personnels.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005362682
ISBN 9780889203969
0889203962
9780889206182
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9786610925568
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1554587816
9781554587810