Of Decency and Death: A story of the Netherlands in World War II by Jan Burgers
Requirements: .ePUB reader, 3.4 MB
Overview: Jan Burgers is a journalist and author in the Netherlands. His new book ‘Of Decency and Death’ describes the courageous resistance against the German occupation by seven mayors of small villages in the southern Dutch province of Brabant during WWII. Tragically, their resistance ended in their arrest in July 1944 and their deportation to the German concentration camps.
The book represents a most interesting complement and context to Anne Frank’s diary. It describes the experience of Holland in the war: What happened outside while inside she vainly hoped for survival. The story offers a fascinating, rarely seen perspective on how a small country dealt with war, defeat, and occupation at the hands of the Nazi war regime.
For example, the five-day war following the German invasion was a bloody affair, marked by fierce resistance, thousands of dead soldiers on both sides, and the leveling of the heart of Rotterdam. Yet, remarkably, one point of light during those days of chaos was that buses were sent to orphanages to pick up Jewish children, who were evacuated safely on the last boat to leave for England. There were few points of light after that. More than 100,000 Jewish citizens were murdered in German concentration camps.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
Download Instructions:
http://festyy.com/w4ezTB
http://festyy.com/w4ezT8
