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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825235603321

Autore

Schogt Henry G

Titolo

The curtain [[electronic resource] ] : witness and memory in wartime Holland / / Henry G. Schogt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-55458-781-6

1-280-92556-6

9786610925568

0-88920-618-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Life writing series

Disciplina

940.53/1835/092

B

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Netherlands

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Netherlands

Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Pays-Bas

Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945

Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Juifs - Pays-Bas

Netherlands History German occupation, 1940-1945

Pays-Bas Histoire 1940-1945 (Occupation allemande)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 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; Appendix

Sommario/riassunto

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,