During World War II a young German girl, who has been indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth, travels to occupied Amsterdam to rejoin her parents then comes to realize the truth about the war.
This book is based on a true story, and even though it deals with some hard issues brought about by the German occupation of Amsterdam, it provides an opportunity to discuss World War II from a unique perspective..
Do you think, he said, that Germany is sending Jews to a nice vacation spa, or to pretty villages with geraniums in the windows? That\'s what they told us at first, though in Holland we never believed it. they are killed? The book looked sternly at her.
You mean ...
Gas chambers? Janna looked at the boy with horror.
If you betray me, all these people will either starve or be forced to give themselves up to be sent to the gas chambers of a concentration camp.
They need these identification papers and food cards to keep alive.
I\'m just helping the van Arkels rescue innocent people from certain death.
You could call it that.
The boy shrugged his shoulders.
She looked at him curiously.
You belong to the Dutch Resistance.
So, you\'re falsifying papers? said Janna.
New introduction by the author\'s son, John Tepper Marlin.
During World War II a young German girl, who has been indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth, travels to occupied Amsterdam to rejoin her parents then comes to realize the truth about the war
