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Author Schogt, Henry G

Title The Curtain : Witness and Memory in Wartime Holland
Published Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (145 pages)
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
Summary 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, one non-Jewish
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Subject Schogt, Henry G. -- Childhood and youth
Frenkel family.
SUBJECT Frenkel family fast
Schogt, Henry G. fast
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Dutch
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Netherlands
HISTORY / Holocaust.
Childhood and youth of a person
Jews
SUBJECT Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091018
Subject Netherlands
Genre/Form History
Personal narratives
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780889206182
088920618X