The Diary Keepers
World War II in the Netherlands, As Written by the People Who Lived Through It
New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 12 unnumbered preliminary pages, 527 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
"Based on select writings from a collection of more than two thousand Dutch diaries written during World War II in order to record this unparalleled time, and maintained by devoted archivists. The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven't seen in quite this way before, from the stories of a Nazi sympathizing police officer to a Jewish journalist who documented daily activities at a transport camp"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
Prologue: Searching for Emerich -- Introduction: "Vast quantities of this simple, everyday material" -- Part I: Occupation, May 1940-May 1941 -- Part II: Persecution and deportation, April 1942-February 1944 -- Part III: Toward liberation, May 1944-May 1945 -- Part IV: The war in memory, May 1945-May 2022.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands -- Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Dutch.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands -- Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Dutch.
ISBN:
9780063070653
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWII Sie | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
HISTORY War WWII Sie | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-501) and index.