Dancing in Bomb Shelters by Wycoff Johanna Wycoff
A rare historical treasure that tells the riveting story of a Dutch family's survival in World War I.-Melanie Wiggins, author of Torpedoes in the Gulf, Fatal Ascent, U-Boat Adventures, and They Made Their Own Law
In May 1940, fourteen-year-old Johanna de Wilde was just like any other teenage girl in Nijmegen, Holland, who loved boys and music, but when Hitler and his German troops invaded her town during World War I, her life was changed forever.
As bombs exploded around her house, Johanna was encouraged by her father to document their large family's struggles to survive as they desperately searched for food; fearfully hid Jewish friends; and bravely endured S brutality, Gestapo searches, and resistance activities. Johanna shares how she was forced to write secretly and keep the pages of her diary well-hidden to avoid discovery by the Gestapo who would have surely shot her father and sent the rest of the family to concentration camps as punishment.
As her town became the focal point of the huge Allied invasion, Operation Market Garden, Johanna provides an in-depth glimpse into how teenagers behaved during a traumatic time in history as they searched for excitement, danced and romanced, and played tricks on the enemy in order to offset hunger, earsplitting noise, and privation that persisted for five long years.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781450207577 |
| ISBN 10 | 145020757X |
| Title | Dancing in Bomb Shelters |
| Author | Wycoff Johanna Wycoff |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | iUniverse |
| Year published | 2010-03-20 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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