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163256 : a memoir of resistance
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163256: A Memoir of Resistance is Michael Englishman's astonishing story of courage, resourcefulness, and moral fibre as a Dutch Jew during World War II and its aftermath, from the Nazi occupation ...
163256: A Memoir of Resistance is Michael Englishman's astonishing story of courage, resourcefulness, and moral fibre as a Dutch Jew during World War II and its aftermath, from the Nazi occupation of Holland in 1940, through his incarceration in numerous death and labour camps, to his eventual liberation by Allied soldiers in 1945 and his emigration to Canada. Surviving by his wits, Englishman escaped death time and again, committing daring acts of bravery to do what he thought was right-helping other prisoners escape and actively participating in the underground resistance. A man who refused.
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- Creator
- Michael Englishman
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2007]
- ©2007
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- 1 online resource (xv, 107 pages) : illustrations
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- 9781429480369, 142948036X, 9781554580095, 1554580099, 1280908068, 9781280908064, 9781554580873, 1554580870, 9786610908066, 6610908060, 9781554580095, 1554580099
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- ocn156998614
- English.
- Preface; Introduction; 1 Growing Up Jewish in Amsterdam; 2 Deportation; 3 From the Burght to Vught-and Auschwitz; 4 The Coal Mines of Janina and the Buna Works; 5 The Death March to Dora-Nordhausen and Building the "Secret Weapon"; 6 Liberation; 7 Finding the Children; 8 Picking Up the Pieces; 9 Canada, Here We Come!; 10 Déj©¡ Vu; 11 Fighting Back by Telling the Truth; 12 Family Reunion; 13 March of the Living-April 2004; Afterword; Appendices