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The Children's House of Belsen ebook

by Hetty Verolme

About the Book

Hetty’s 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. As one of the eldest, Hetty became the ‘Little Mother’, helping to care for not only her siblings, but the other children as well. In a direct and powerful style, Hetty recalls one of the remarkable, largely untold stories of the Holocaust — the extraordinary struggle and survival of this group of children through these terrible years.

Categories
ebooks, Biography & Autobiography, Award Winning
Publication Year
2000
Edition
1
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Awards

Winner, Christina Stead Award for Biography, 2001.

ISBN13
9781921696701
HB/PB
Ebook
Format
Ebook
Pages
312
Other Editions
Sample Chapter
Childrens House of Belsen sample.pdf
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