Hendrika de Vries
Autore di When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke Curfew: A Memoir
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Hendrika De Vries is a protected "daddy's girl" until her father is deported from Nazi-occupied Amsterdam to a POW camp in Germany and her mother joins the Resistance. As she and her mother experience escalating brutality at the hands of men with swastika armbands who aim to exterminate those they mostra altro deem "inferior" and those who do not obey, Hendrika learns about moral choice, forced silence, and female strength, and through it all discovers the woman she wants to become. mostra meno
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- female
- Nazionalità
- Netherlands
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When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the Moon Broke… di Hendrika de Vries
Hendrika de Vries was a child in Holland when her father was deported to a Nazi POW camp and her mother joined the Resistance. Her new memoir tells the story of the tragic events of Amsterdam during WWII, as seen through the eyes of a young girl, and reflects on the wisdom she gained from her experience. It is a beautiful and extraordinary story, finely told.
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