netherlands

Presents the diaries and letters--many of which were written in the Nazi transit camp Westerbork--of Etty Hillesum, a Jewish woman from Holland who died in Auschwitz in 1943 at the age of twenty-nine.

Introduces young readers to the geography and culture of the Netherlands.

The journal of a Jewish girl in her early teens describes both the joys and the torments of daily life, as well as typical adolescent thoughts, throughout the two years spent in hiding with her family during the Nazi occupation of Holland.

An introduction to the land, wildlife, cities, food and history of the Netherlands.

A Dutch Jewish girl describes the two-and-one-half years she spent in hiding in the upstairs bedroom of a farmer's house during World War II.

Katje, a cat in fifteenth-century Holland, loses her happy place in her master's home after he gets married and has a baby, but she gets a chance to prove her worth when a threatening storm comes.

Follows teenaged Fing Boon and her large, impoverished, eccentric family as they navigate the changes World War II visits upon their little town on the border of the Netherlands and Germany.

"Customs and traditions of the Christmas holidays as celebrated in Holland and other provinces of the Netherlands. Includes crafts, recipes, and carols"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the experiences of her Dutch Christian family who hid Jews during the Nazi occupation of Holland.

A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps.