Sabine's war : the incredible true story of a resistance fighter who survived three concentration camps /
by Taylor, Eva.
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BookPublisher: Manchester : HarperNorth, 2022Description: 195 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780008530884 (hbk.) :; 0008530882 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 940.5349 TAYSubject(s): Zuur, Sabine | World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Netherlands | Nazi concentration camps | Warfare and Defence | Warfare and Defence | Biography: general | Biography: historical, political & military | Diaries, letters & journals | History | European history | Netherlands -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945Summary: When Germany invaded Holland in May 1940, Sabine Zuur joined the resistance movement without a moment's hesitation aged just 22. Helping to hide those avoiding the German authorities, she was soon betrayed and subjected to repeated violent interrogations. Many of her friends were executed but Sabine was instead sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp, via the Amersfoort and Ravensbruck camps. Enduring gruelling conditions and backbreaking forced manual labour, she survived through a combination of guile and good fortune. But it was only after Sabine's death that her daughter Eva discovered an archive of letters detailing her extraordinary life, revealing a rich inner world and a past she had discussed little.
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Formby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 940.5349 TAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 30/10/2024 | 003104832X |
Translated from the Dutch.
Originally published: U.S.: Hanover Square.
Includes bibliographical references.
When Germany invaded Holland in May 1940, Sabine Zuur joined the resistance movement without a moment's hesitation aged just 22. Helping to hide those avoiding the German authorities, she was soon betrayed and subjected to repeated violent interrogations. Many of her friends were executed but Sabine was instead sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp, via the Amersfoort and Ravensbruck camps. Enduring gruelling conditions and backbreaking forced manual labour, she survived through a combination of guile and good fortune. But it was only after Sabine's death that her daughter Eva discovered an archive of letters detailing her extraordinary life, revealing a rich inner world and a past she had discussed little.
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