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Don’t Look for Me
1942. The Jewish Ghetto in Amsterdam.
When Jozef and Trudi’s father dies in a concentration camp after being falsely arrested in 1941 as a saboteur, their mother goes into hiding, putting them in a children’s home for their safety. But when a decision is taken by the Nazis to kill all Jews including children, they are destined for deportation to a concentration camp and almost certain death.
Their 22-year-old cousin, a nurse working in the Jewish hospital, decides to rescue them. Can Hetty save her cousins from the dangers and threats that face them all? Don’t Look for Me is based on a true story of love, loss, escape, and survival. It’s the story of a rebellious and determined young woman and her young cousin in the Nazi occupied Netherlands during WW2.
Three quarters of the Jews living in the Netherlands in 1940 were killed during WW2. This is a story of survival against the odds.
When Jozef and Trudi’s father dies in a concentration camp after being falsely arrested in 1941 as a saboteur, their mother goes into hiding, putting them in a children’s home for their safety. But when a decision is taken by the Nazis to kill all Jews including children, they are destined for deportation to a concentration camp and almost certain death.
Their 22-year-old cousin, a nurse working in the Jewish hospital, decides to rescue them. Can Hetty save her cousins from the dangers and threats that face them all? Don’t Look for Me is based on a true story of love, loss, escape, and survival. It’s the story of a rebellious and determined young woman and her young cousin in the Nazi occupied Netherlands during WW2.
Three quarters of the Jews living in the Netherlands in 1940 were killed during WW2. This is a story of survival against the odds.
329 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 2, 2023
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November 29, 2023
Don’t Look for Me is fast paced and hard to put down. It’s based on true accounts of life in the Netherlands during the WW2 German occupation. Hetty is the author’s mother-in-law. Very well done.
Advanced reader copy courtesy of the publishers at NetGalley for review.
Advanced reader copy courtesy of the publishers at NetGalley for review.
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November 22, 2023Don’t Look For Me by Ann Donovan
Book 56 of 2023
⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️/5
Don’t Look for Me follows a Jewish family during the German occupation of the Netherlands during WWII. The story specifically follows Jozef “Joop,” and Hetty. I read an abundance of WWII books and you don’t find many books centering around the Netherlands. So, I enjoyed learning about a different parent of Europe and how the occupation the Jewish population there.
The characters were well-rounded and the story was not romanticized, as many historical fiction books can be, which made it read as an authentic story affecting a family during WWII.
Book 56 of 2023
⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️/5
Don’t Look for Me follows a Jewish family during the German occupation of the Netherlands during WWII. The story specifically follows Jozef “Joop,” and Hetty. I read an abundance of WWII books and you don’t find many books centering around the Netherlands. So, I enjoyed learning about a different parent of Europe and how the occupation the Jewish population there.
The characters were well-rounded and the story was not romanticized, as many historical fiction books can be, which made it read as an authentic story affecting a family during WWII.
May 23, 2024
Ann Donovan's debut novel is inspiring and uplifting despite recording events during the darkest days of WW2 in the Netherlands. The story focuses on two members of the same family, Hetty and Jozef, both of them Jews struggling to stay alive during the brutal Nazi occupation of their country. The novel is based upon real events.
The writing is sincere and moving. The bravery of the Jewish community, and those Nederlanders who risked their own lives to shelter them, is matched only by the courage of the Dutch Resistance. This is an extraordinary and redemptive story of selflessness.
I highly recommend this powerful testament to the triumph of the human spirit.
The writing is sincere and moving. The bravery of the Jewish community, and those Nederlanders who risked their own lives to shelter them, is matched only by the courage of the Dutch Resistance. This is an extraordinary and redemptive story of selflessness.
I highly recommend this powerful testament to the triumph of the human spirit.
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