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Hetty: A True Story

by Hetty Verolme

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This is one of the remarkable, largely untold, stories of the Holocaust, a story of hope. It is a heartwarming tale that traces the extraordinary struggle and survival of a family through those terrible years.

Hetty was just twelve years old in 1943 when her family was torn apart following the German invasion of the Netherlands.

Rounded up by the Nazis and then separated from their parents, Hetty and her brothers were sent to the Children’s House, within Belsen concentration camp. Hetty became the ‘Little Mother’ of the camp, helping to care for the other children.

The Australian said the adult version of this book was a “powerful and chilling account” of the holocaust. The Australian Book Review called it “profoundly moving” and an “uplifting story”.

Categories
History, Young Adult
Publication Year
2010
Edition
1
Publisher
Fremantle Press
ISBN13
978 192 136 1333
HB/PB
Paperback
Format
B Format (192mm x 128mm)
Pages
288
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HETTY TEACHING NOTES WEB.pdf
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Fremantle press and the Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre invite you to join us for an evening with first time novelist Deb Fitzpatrick, second time novelist A.J. Betts and third time novelist Kate McCaffrey.

Chaired by Lynne Cahill, The West Australian, Newspapers in Education.

When: 6.30pm, Tuesday 7 September 2010
Where: Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre, Old Prison Hospital, Cnr Knutsford and Hampton Road, Fremantle, (Parry St carpark)

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