My mother's war : the incredible true story of how a resistance fighter survived three concentration camps /
Drawing on an astonishing archive of letters, which revealed life during wartime, a true story follows a beautiful, young Dutch resistance fighter and underground war hero who spent two years in three concentration camps during World War II.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada :
Hanover Square Press,
[2022]
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| Summary: | Drawing on an astonishing archive of letters, which revealed life during wartime, a true story follows a beautiful, young Dutch resistance fighter and underground war hero who spent two years in three concentration camps during World War II. Sabine Zuur, a young Dutch resistance fighter, spent over two years in three concentration camps during World War II. After Zuur's death Taylor, her daughter, discovered documents, photos and letters from her time in Nazi-occupied Holland. She reconstructed her mother's experiences in the resistance movement, and as a prisoner in the Amersfoort, Ravensbrück and Mauthausen concentration camps. The result is a one-of-a-kind story of survival. -- adapted from back cover |
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| Item Description: | "First published in the Netherlands by Alfabet Uitgevers. This edition published in 2022." -- Verso. |
| Physical Description: | 205 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205). |
| ISBN: | 9781335469533 1335469532 |