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008    170210s2016    ne ab    b    001 0ceng  
020    9789087046040
020    9087046049
035    (OCoLC)ocn957546961
035    255343
049    LHMA
040    ERASA |beng |erda |cERASA |dVU@ |dOHX |dUAB |dOCLCF |dLHM
050  4 DS135.N5 |bT55 2016
100 1  Bijsterveld, Arnoud-Jan, |d1962- |eauthor.
245 10 House of memories : |buncovering the past of a Dutch Jewish family / |cArnoud-Jan Bijsterveld.
264  1 Hilversum : |bUitgeverij Verloren : |bStichting Zuidelijk Historisch Contact, |c2016.
300    486 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm + |e1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
520 8  This book begins and ends with a house in the Dutch town of Tilburg. After the author bought the house, he discovered that a Jewish couple, Hans and Bertha Polak-Cohen, had it built for their family in 1928. As this family's history was gradually being uncovered, there was one tragic story that stood out: the story of Bertram Polak, the couple's son. Bertram's family lived in this house until all but one managed to flee when the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in May 1940: Bertram was the only one to stay behind. In December 1941, he tried to escape to England with three friends, was betrayed, and eventually killed in Auschwitz on 17 August 1942. This book relates this history and shows what happens in the process of uncovering a traumatic past, affecting both the family's next generations and the historian involved.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 Jews |zNetherlands |zTilburg |vBiography.
655  7 Biographies. |2lcgft
852 0   |bstacks |hDS135.N5 |iT55 2016
852 0   |bscstacks |hDS135.N5 |iT55 2016 |tc.2