LEADER 04596cam a2200673 i 4500001 284509 005 20240621235330.0 008 220610t20202020ne ac 000 0aeng d 020 9789493056343 |q(paperback) 020 9493056341 |q(paperback) 035 (OCoLC)on1267704311 035 284509 043 e-ne--- 049 LHMA 040 EAU |beng |erda |cEAU |dEAU |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dJ9U |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dGRU |dLHM 050 4 DS135.N6 |bG67 2020 100 1 Gosler, Joseph, |d1942- |eauthor,. |0(viaf)25159878727618331610 245 10 Searching for home : |bthe impact of WWII on a hidden child / |cJoseph Gosler. 264 1 [Netherlands] : |bAmsterdam Publishers, |c[2020] 264 4 |c©2020 300 262 pages : |billustrations, portraits ; |c23 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 520 The war ends and Josje is returned to his parents. "Who are these people who call themselves my parents," he imagines. He is three years old and feels abandoned, confused and angry. He wants to return to his "real" parents who loved and sheltered him during the war in Wageningen. "My name is Pietje Dijkstra not Josje Gosler!" he states tearfully when goaded by his cousin. As a Jew and a Hidden Child, his innocence protected him as much as his Christian family. At seven months of age, for his own safety as well as his parents', he was given to a young nursing student from the Dutch resistance, and placed with the Dijkstra family in Wageningen. The impact of his first separation from his parents, may not be so easily ascertained, but when he is returned to them, his porcelain psyche is damaged and his closest companions are fear and distrust. Childhood wounds never fully heal and the impact of his early life is seen through the lens of an immigrant, as he migrates with his family to Israel and subsequently to the United States. This is a personal memoir of a child survivor that spans from WWII to the late 20th century. A story of a young boy, who becomes a man, ever wandering and struggling to find himself. His parents, emotionally gutted from their own wartime experiences, are barely able to care for themselves, let alone this young stranger--back cover 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Holocaust survivors |zNetherlands |vBiography. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zNetherlands |vPersonal narratives. 650 0 Hidden children (Holocaust) |zNetherlands |vPersonal narratives. 650 0 Jewish children in the Holocaust |zNetherlands |vPersonal narratives. 650 6 Survivants de l'Holocauste |0(CaQQLa)201-0128408 |zPays-Bas |0(CaQQLa)000260699 |vBiographies. |0(CaQQLa)201-0378258 650 6 Holocauste, 1939-1945 |zPays-Bas |0(CaQQLa)000260699 |vRécits personnels. |0(CaQQLa)201-0128307 650 6 Enfants cachés (Holocauste) |0(CaQQLa)201-0369894 |zPays-Bas |0(CaQQLa)000260699 |vRécits personnels. |0(CaQQLa)201-0377735 650 6 Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste |0(CaQQLa)201-0285882 |zPays-Bas |0(CaQQLa)000260699 |vRécits personnels. |0(CaQQLa)201-0377735 650 7 Hidden children (Holocaust) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00955941 650 7 Holocaust survivors. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958838 650 7 Jewish children in the Holocaust. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00982706 651 7 Netherlands. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204034 650 7 Holocaust survivors |vBiography. |2nli 650 7 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |zNetherlands |vPersonal narratives. |2nli 650 7 Hidden children (Holocaust) |zNetherlands |xPsychology. |2nli 650 7 Jewish children in the Holocaust |zNetherlands |vBiography. |2nli 650 7 Jews, Dutch |zIsrael |vBiography. |2nli 650 7 Jews, Dutch |zUnited States |vBiography. |2nli 647 7 Jewish Holocaust |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958866 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 2 Personal Narrative. |0(DNLM)D062210 655 2 Autobiography. |0(DNLM)D020493 655 2 Biography. |0(DNLM)D019215 655 7 Autobiographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 Personal narratives. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423843 655 7 Personal narratives. |2lcgft 655 7 Autobiographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Récits personnels. |2rvmgf |0(CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000517 655 7 Autobiographies. |2rvmgf |0(CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000520 655 7 Biographies. |2rvmgf |0(CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000519 852 0 |bscstacks |hDS135.N6 |iG67 2020