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Looking for Uncle Joop: A Long-Lost Story from Nazi-Occupied Holland

Aletta Stevens

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Description:An old tennis racket, a skating medal, one monogrammed cigarette case: newly discovered mementoes of a life – of a relative no one talked about. For more than 40 years, Aletta Stevens knew very little about Johannes (Joop) Doedenias Schweitzer, her uncle who died in the Second World War. Starting with a hopeful internet search, she decided to ﬁnd out what really happened to him. In this book she draws on personal testimonies from people who once knew him, unpublished letters, and oﬃcial war documentation, as well as revisiting her own upbringing in 1970s Holland. After uncovering evidence of Joop's involvement in the Resistance, the story builds to a vivid reconstruction of what took place on the fateful night of 4 August 1944 in the Nazi-occupied Dutch countryside. Out of tragic events came an uplifting experience amongst the local people who never forgot Joop Schweitzer. Looking for Uncle Joop is a story about family history, how the truth can be hidden for so long, and the continuing importance of both memoir and remembrance.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Looking for Uncle Joop: A Long-Lost Story from Nazi-Occupied Holland. To get started finding Looking for Uncle Joop: A Long-Lost Story from Nazi-Occupied Holland, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 231

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Ashgrove Publishing

Release: 2017

ISBN: 1853981877

Description: An old tennis racket, a skating medal, one monogrammed cigarette case: newly discovered mementoes of a life – of a relative no one talked about. For more than 40 years, Aletta Stevens knew very little about Johannes (Joop) Doedenias Schweitzer, her uncle who died in the Second World War. Starting with a hopeful internet search, she decided to ﬁnd out what really happened to him. In this book she draws on personal testimonies from people who once knew him, unpublished letters, and oﬃcial war documentation, as well as revisiting her own upbringing in 1970s Holland. After uncovering evidence of Joop's involvement in the Resistance, the story builds to a vivid reconstruction of what took place on the fateful night of 4 August 1944 in the Nazi-occupied Dutch countryside. Out of tragic events came an uplifting experience amongst the local people who never forgot Joop Schweitzer. Looking for Uncle Joop is a story about family history, how the truth can be hidden for so long, and the continuing importance of both memoir and remembrance.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Looking for Uncle Joop: A Long-Lost Story from Nazi-Occupied Holland. To get started finding Looking for Uncle Joop: A Long-Lost Story from Nazi-Occupied Holland, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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