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

2023

Format:	Book
Author:	Siegal, Nina, 1969- author
Title:	The diary keepers : World War II in the Netherlands, as written by the people who lived through it / Nina Siegal.
Publisher, Date:	New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] ©2023
Description:	527 pages, 8 leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Summary:	"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:	World War, 1939-1945 -- Netherlands -- Personal narratives World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Dutch
Genre:	Personal narratives
Other Title:	World War II in the Netherlands, as written by the people who lived through it
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:	Prologue: Searching for Emerich -- Introduction: "Vast quantities of this simple, everyday material" -- The Diarists (in alphabetical order) -- 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.
ISBN:	9780063312876 (softcover) 9780063070653 (hardcover)
System Availability:	15
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	1996079
Call Number:	940.54/81492
Course Reserves:	0
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