A Long Labour

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A Dutch Mother's Holocaust Memoir Written by Rhodea Shandler In this unusual memoir, the author presents a Jewish mother’s view of life in the Netherlands during the WWII Nazi occupation. The book covers a period that ranges from the author’s youth in the 1920s up to the point of her...

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A Dutch Mother's Holocaust Memoir

Written by Rhodea Shandler

In this unusual memoir, the author presents a Jewish mother’s view of life in the Netherlands during the WWII Nazi occupation. The book covers a period that ranges from the author’s youth in the 1920s up to the point of her departure for Canada in 1951 with her husband and five daughters. In 1943, Leeuwarden-born Rhodea (Dwinger) and her husband Ernst Bollegraaf went into hiding from the Nazis. They then discovered that she was pregnant which greatly complicated the challenges of their already trying 'underground' situation.

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“While giving birth is normally life-affirming, to do so as a Jew hiding from the Nazis carried potentially fatal risks. Rhodea (….) was forced to accept agonizing compromises. Everyone interested in understanding the horrible domestic decisions which had to be made during the Holocaust should read this book.” – Dr. Graham Forst, Co-Founder, the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.

Paperback, 176 pages, Illustrated with family album photos and more, index. A general Dutch Heritage title that tells the escape from Holocaust, and of immigration and settlement in Canada,

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