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The Diaries of Ellis and Bernie.

Dagboekaantekeningen van een zeventienjarige joodse jongen en meisje, die begin 1942 verliefd werden op elkaar, maar vanwege de anti-joodse maatregelen van de Duitsers in datzelfde jaar gescheiden moesten onderduiken.

Levensverhaal in briefvorm van de Duits-Nederlandse vrouw waarin het lijden van haar en haar joodse familie tijdens Wereldoorlog II centraal staat.

• Acknowledgments Introduction
• 1. The History and Memory of Hidden Children
• 2. Before and During the War: The Netherlands and the Jews
• 3. After the War: The Jews and the Netherlands
• 4. "My Mother Screamed and Screamed": Memories of Occupation, War, and Hiding
• 5. "I Came Home, but I Was Homesick": When Both Parents Returned
• 6. "They Were Out of Their Minds": When One Parent Returned
• 7. "Who Am I?": Orphans Living with Families
• 8. "There Was Never a Kind Word": Life in Jewish Orphanages
• 9. Creating Postwar Lives, Creating Collective Memory: From the Personal to the Political Conclusion Notes Glossary References Index.
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The image of the Jewish child hiding from the Nazis was shaped by Anne Frank, whose house - the most visited site in the Netherlands - has become a shrine to the Holocaust. Yet while Anne Frank's story continues to be discussed and analyzed, her experience as a hidden child in wartime Holland is anomalous - as this book brilliantly demonstrates. Drawing on interviews with seventy Jewish men and women who, as children, were placed in non-Jewish families during the Nazi occupation of Holland, Diane L. Wolf paints a compelling portrait of Holocaust survivors whose experiences were often diametrically opposed to the experiences of those who suffered in concentration camps. Although the war years were tolerable for most of these children, it was the end of the war that marked the beginning of a traumatic time, leading many of those interviewed here to remark, 'My war began after the war.' This first in-depth examination of hidden children vividly brings to life their experiences before, during, and after hiding and analyzes the shifting identities, memories, and family dynamics that marked their lives from childhood through advanced age. Wolf also uncovers anti-Semitism in the policies and practices of the Dutch state and the general population, which historically have been portrayed as relatively benevolent toward Jewish residents. The poignant family histories in "Beyond Anne Frank" demonstrate that we can understand the Holocaust more deeply by focusing on postwar lives.
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• Acknowledgments - Return from Hell: The Story behind a Photograph - Introduction - Echoes of Nazi Germany, 1933-1940 - Registration, Isolation, Deportation, 1940-1945 - No Distinction: Planning the Repatriation in London - The Journey Back - Arrival in Amsterdam Central Station, June
• 1945: An Orderly Reception Center - Mistreatment of Stateless Repatriates - Reactions of Non-Jews to Jewish Survivors: From Incomprehension to Overt Anti-Semitism - Jews on the Limits of Liberation - Concern about Anti-Semitism - Foreign Observers' Impressions of the Netherlands, 1945-1946 - Conclusions - Notes - Sources - Glossary - Index.
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While the Netherlands has often been thought of as a champion of racial and ethnic tolerance before and during World War II, more than 75 per cent of Dutch Jews were killed and those returning after the war were met with subtle but tough anti-Jewish sentiments as they tried to reclaim their former lives. For most survivors, the negative reactions were unexpected and shocking. Before the war, Dutch Jews had become part of the fabric of Dutch life and society, so the obstacles they faced upon their return were particularly painful and difficult to handle. The sobering picture presented in this title, based on research in archives, survivors' memoirs and interviews with survivors, examines and chronicles the experiences of repatriated Jews in the Netherlands and sheds light on the continuing uneasiness and sensitivities between Jews and non-Jews there today.
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