netherlands

A biography of nineteenth-century Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, discussing his early life, his work as a preacher, his decision to become a painter, and his career as an artist.

A biography of Anne Frank, including the historical events which forced her to hide with her family in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland for two years.

Tells the story of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family when the Nazis took over the Netherlands in 1940, and remained there two years before the hiding place was discovered and its occupants sent to a concentration camp.

Collects the optimistic letters of Philip "Flip" Slier, a Dutch Jew who was sent to a labor camp in April of 1942 and killed in the Holocaust, with documents, photographs, posters, and information gathered from interviews and eye-witness accounts. Includes bibliographical references and an illustrated index.

A small Torah scroll passes from a Dutch rabbi, to a Bar Mitzvah boy during the Holocaust, to the first Israeli astronaut.

An introduction to the life and work of nineteenth-century Dutch artist Piet Mondrian, discussing his cultural and historical importance, and including a chronology and over one hundred color illustrations with explanatory captions.

A young Jewish girl living in Holland tells of her experiences during the Nazi occupation, her years in hiding, and the aftershock when the war finally ends.

A biography of the Dutch painter who was a strange and difficult child, a tortured adult, and whose genius for expressing his artistic vision was not appreciated until after his death.