When Dutch forces surrendered to the Germans in May of 1940, the Nazis gained control of the Netherlands and set in action a plan to exterminate hundreds of thousands of Jews and minorities. Arguably, the most famous voice from that region is Anne Frank – the young teenage girl who wrote of her daily life in hiding until she was discovered in 1944 and died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. While Anne Frank is a prominent voice, there are many other stories of those who hid out for years, evading capture and awaiting freedom.
Guest Information:
- Daphne Geismar, teacher, author, Invisible Years: A Family’s Collected Account of Separation and Survival During the Holocaust in the Netherlands
Links for Additional Info:
- Daphne Geismar Website
- The United States Holocaust Museum
- Amazon: Invisible Years: A Family’s Collected Account of Separation and Survival during the Holocaust in the Netherlands
- The Jewish Foundation For The Righteous
- Anne Frank: The Netherlands: the greatest number of Jewish victims in Western Europe
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