With the release of the book “Jew Face: A story of love and heroism in Nazi occupied Holland” imminent, I will be putting up photographs daily that pertain to important events and stories from the book. The book is the story of my parents, Nardus and Sipora Groen mainly during the period between 1940-1945. Today’s pictures are of Nardus Groen in 1945 as a Dutch Marine attached to the US Marines in Camp Lejeune and then Sipora Rodrigues Lopes in 1943 when working as a nurse in Amsterdam.
With the release of the book “Jew Face: A story of love and heroism in Nazi occupied Holland” scheduled for April 13, 2012, I will be putting up photographs daily that pertain to important events and stories from the book. The book is the story of my parents, Nardus and Sipora Groen mainly during the period between 1940-1945. Today’s picture is of Lubertus and Geeske te Kiefte with their son Gerrit. Who were Bertus and Geeske te Kiefte? As good as this world ever had to offer. Want to know more? Read the book.
With the release of the book “Jew Face: A story of love and heroism in Nazi occupied Holland” scheduled for April 13, 2012, I will be putting up photographs daily that pertain to important events and stories from the book. The book is the story of my parents, Nardus and Sipora Groen mainly during the period between 1940-1945. Today’s picture is of the Hollandse Schouwburg, the main Concert Hall of Amsterdam that would be turned into a detention and transit center by the Nazis. Besides being a symbol of the devastation that befell the Jewish community at the hands of the German occupiers, one of the most defining moments in the book also takes place in the Hollandse Schouwburg.
With the release of the book “Jew Face: A story of love and heroism in Nazi occupied Holland” scheduled for release on April 13, 2012, I will be putting up photographs daily that pertain to important events and stories from the book. The book is the story of my parents, Nardus and Sipora Groen mainly during the period between 1940-1945. Today’s picture is of the “NIZ” (Nederlandse Israelitsche Ziekenhuis ) which was the main Jewish Hospital in Holland up until the Nazi occupation. When looking at the photograph, take note on the left side of the building where it says “Zusterhuis”. This was the nurses quarters and is of significant importance in the book’s Prologue and in future chapters.
Holland's Heroes 