Hidden Letters - Hardcover

Slier, Deborah; Shine, Ian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1887734880 ISBN 13: 9781887734882

Publisher: Star Bright Books, 2008

Synopsis

In 1997, a Dutch demolition contractor found a bundle of papers hidden in the ceiling of a house in Amsterdam. What he discovered were 86 letters, postcards, and telegrams written by Philip 'Flip' Slier, a 17-year old Dutch Jew, to his family while imprisoned in a Nazi labour camp in the Netherlands in 1942. This title includes all 86 letters.

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Product Description:

In 1997, a Dutch demolition contractor found a bundle of papers hidden in a house in Amsterdam. The papers were the letters, postcards and telegrams written by Philip Slier, a 17-year-old Dutch Jew, to his family while imprisoned in a Nazi labour camp. This book presents all the letters.

Synopsis:

In 1997, a Dutch demolition contractor found a bundle of papers hidden in the ceiling of a house in Amsterdam. What he discovered were 86 letters, postcards, and telegrams written by Philip 'Flip' Slier, a 17-year old Dutch Jew, to his family while imprisoned in a Nazi labour camp in the Netherlands in 1942."Hidden Letters" includes all 86 letters written by Flip, translated into English, brought to life with over 300 photographs, maps, and other primary source documents - including first-hand accounts from Dutch Holocaust survivors - they provide a heartfelt, honest, and articulate account of a young man trying to survive the horrors of persecution and genocide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Star Bright Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1887734880
• ISBN 13: 9781887734882
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 194