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001 ocn958066079
003 OCoLC
005 20221110125236.0
008 160908s2015 nhu 000 0 eng d
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019 $a1012551680
020 $a9781939739803$q(hardcover)
020 $a1939739802$q(hardcover)
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050 4 $aD811.5$b.W38 2015
100 1 $aWeele, Alexander H. ter,$eauthor.
245 10 $aWe escaped :$ba family's flight from Holland during World War II (with the Gestapo in hot pursuit) /$cAlexander H. ter Weele.
264 1 $aPortsmouth, NH :$bPiscataqua Press,$c[2015]
300 $a281 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"The song and dance of The Sound of Music ... seasoned with the terror of war."
520 $aWe Escaped plunges the reader into the extraordinary World War II escapades of an ordinary couple and their children as they first escape from Nazi-occupied Holland and then deal with the war years by leavening danger and stress with the joy and love of everyday family life. It is the song and dance of The Sound of Music seasoned with the terror of guns and blood. The story begins in the Netherlands, a peaceful nation protected by a treaty of neutrality and kinship with Hitler's Germany. The calm is shattered by the cacophony and confusion of battle as, under the guns of panzers, German troops overrun Holland's lines. The ter Weele family's subsequent exodus from their home is told from the points of view of the father, Lieutenant Carl ter Weele, a Dutch reservist called up to defend the Grebbeberg; his wife Margery, an American citizen raised in Boston, who delivers her third child in a hospital not far from the Grebbeberg as war threatens; their oldest son, six-year-old Jan, whose dark eyes and hair lead Nazis to suspect he is Jewish; and their second son, Alex, a blond and fair-skinned imp, who at the age of two charms a German border guard into allowing the family to cross into Switzerland. Within weeks of Germany's conquest of Holland, the family has to flee the dragnet of the Gestapo, which is arresting all Dutch military officers. As far as Carl can see, the only way out is through Germany, and from there it's a tortuous and terrifying journey through Switzerland, Vichy France, Spain, and Portugal, with the Gestapo a threat at every turn.--$cfrom publisher's description.
600 10 $aWeele, Alexander H. ter$xFamily.
650 0 $aEscapes$zNetherlands$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xPersonal narratives, Dutch.
651 0 $aNetherlands$xHistory$yGerman occupation, 1940-1945.
650 6 $aÉvasions$zPays-Bas$xHistoire$y20e siècle.
651 6 $aPays-Bas$xHistoire$y1940-1945 (Occupation allemande)
650 7 $aEscapes.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00915129
650 7 $aFamilies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01728849
651 7 $aNetherlands.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204034
647 7 $aWorld War$d(1939-1945)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01180924
647 7 $aGerman Occupation of Netherlands$c(Netherlands :$d1940-1945)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01353182
648 7 $a1900-1999$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655 7 $aPersonal narratives$vDutch.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01424100
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