Behind the Fireplace: Memoirs of a girl working in the Dutch Resistance by Grietje Scott, Andrew Scott

Behind the Fireplace: Memoirs of a girl working in the Dutch Resistance

Grietje Scott, Andrew Scott

296 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

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As World War 2 progressed, the Okma family took six Jewish refugees into their house, hiding them in a secret room behind their fireplace. The youngest daughter, Kieks, joined the Resistance, delivering illegal newspapers, guiding British parachut...

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