The diary keepers : World War II in the Netherlands, as written by the people who lived through it /

Siegal, Nina, 1969-

The diary keepers : World War II in the Netherlands, as written by the people who lived through it / World War II in the Netherlands, as written by the people who lived through it Nina Siegal. - First edition. - 12 unnumbered preliminary pages, 527 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-501) and index.

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.

"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"--

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World War, 1939-1945--Netherlands--Personal narratives.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Dutch.


Personal narratives.

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