The curtain : witness and memory in wartime Holland /
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 the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Waterloo, Ont. :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
©2003.
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| Series: | Life writing series.
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| 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, |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America EBSCO eBook History Collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 131 pages) : illustrations, map |
| ISBN: | 9780889203969 0889203962 9780889206182 088920618X 1280925566 9781280925566 9786610925568 6610925569 1554587816 9781554587810 |
