My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor
An international bestseller, this memoir from a Resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor “shows us how to find hopelessness and light in the darkness” (Edith Eger, New York Times–bestselling author of The Choice and The Gift).

Selma van de Perre was seventeen when World War II began. Until then, being Jewish in the Netherlands had not been an issue. But by 1941 it had become a matter of life or death. On several occasions, Selma barely avoided being rounded up by the Nazis. While her father was summoned to a work camp and eventually hospitalized in a Dutch transition camp, her mother and sister went into hiding—until they were betrayed in June 1943 and sent to Auschwitz. In an act of defiance, Selma took on an assumed identity, dyed her hair blond, and joined the Resistance movement, using the pseudonym Margareta van der Kuit. For two years “Marga” risked it all. Using a fake ID, and passing as Aryan, she traveled around the country and even to Nazi headquarters in Paris, sharing information and delivering papers—doing what “had to be done.”

In July 1944 she was transported to Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp as a political prisoner. Unlike her parents and sister who died in other camps, Selma survived by using her alias. Only after the war ended could she reclaim her identity and dare to say once again: My name is Selma.

“Astonishing, inspirational, and important.” —Ariana Neumann, New York Times–bestselling author of When Time Stopped

“An amazing firsthand account . . . powerful.” —Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star

“A Holocaust story of incredible luck, breathtaking bravery and incalculable loss.” —The Forward

“An incredible story of courage and compassion.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor
An international bestseller, this memoir from a Resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor “shows us how to find hopelessness and light in the darkness” (Edith Eger, New York Times–bestselling author of The Choice and The Gift).

Selma van de Perre was seventeen when World War II began. Until then, being Jewish in the Netherlands had not been an issue. But by 1941 it had become a matter of life or death. On several occasions, Selma barely avoided being rounded up by the Nazis. While her father was summoned to a work camp and eventually hospitalized in a Dutch transition camp, her mother and sister went into hiding—until they were betrayed in June 1943 and sent to Auschwitz. In an act of defiance, Selma took on an assumed identity, dyed her hair blond, and joined the Resistance movement, using the pseudonym Margareta van der Kuit. For two years “Marga” risked it all. Using a fake ID, and passing as Aryan, she traveled around the country and even to Nazi headquarters in Paris, sharing information and delivering papers—doing what “had to be done.”

In July 1944 she was transported to Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp as a political prisoner. Unlike her parents and sister who died in other camps, Selma survived by using her alias. Only after the war ended could she reclaim her identity and dare to say once again: My name is Selma.

“Astonishing, inspirational, and important.” —Ariana Neumann, New York Times–bestselling author of When Time Stopped

“An amazing firsthand account . . . powerful.” —Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star

“A Holocaust story of incredible luck, breathtaking bravery and incalculable loss.” —The Forward

“An incredible story of courage and compassion.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor

My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor

by Selma van de Perre
My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor

My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor

by Selma van de Perre

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Overview

An international bestseller, this memoir from a Resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor “shows us how to find hopelessness and light in the darkness” (Edith Eger, New York Times–bestselling author of The Choice and The Gift).

Selma van de Perre was seventeen when World War II began. Until then, being Jewish in the Netherlands had not been an issue. But by 1941 it had become a matter of life or death. On several occasions, Selma barely avoided being rounded up by the Nazis. While her father was summoned to a work camp and eventually hospitalized in a Dutch transition camp, her mother and sister went into hiding—until they were betrayed in June 1943 and sent to Auschwitz. In an act of defiance, Selma took on an assumed identity, dyed her hair blond, and joined the Resistance movement, using the pseudonym Margareta van der Kuit. For two years “Marga” risked it all. Using a fake ID, and passing as Aryan, she traveled around the country and even to Nazi headquarters in Paris, sharing information and delivering papers—doing what “had to be done.”

In July 1944 she was transported to Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp as a political prisoner. Unlike her parents and sister who died in other camps, Selma survived by using her alias. Only after the war ended could she reclaim her identity and dare to say once again: My name is Selma.

“Astonishing, inspirational, and important.” —Ariana Neumann, New York Times–bestselling author of When Time Stopped

“An amazing firsthand account . . . powerful.” —Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star

“A Holocaust story of incredible luck, breathtaking bravery and incalculable loss.” —The Forward

“An incredible story of courage and compassion.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781982164690
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 02/13/2024
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 223
Sales rank: 11,739
File size: 33 MB
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About the Author

Selma van de Perre was a member of the Dutch resistance organization TD Group during World War II. Shortly after the war she moved to London, where she worked for the BBC and met her future husband, the Belgian journalist Hugo van de Perre. For many years she also worked as foreign correspondent for a Dutch television station. In 1983, Selma van de Perre received the Dutch Resistance Commemoration Cross. She lives in London and has a son.

Table of Contents

Prologue xi

1 The Artist and the Milliner: My Family 1

2 Jumping over Ditches: My Childhood 11

3 Second-class Citizens: The Occupation 25

4 Away from Home: A Family in Hiding 43

5 Bleached Hair: In the Resistance 67

6 Secret Drawers: My Arrest 105

7 Blue Overalls: Camp Vught 119

8 The Passageway of Death: Ravensbrück 129

9 My Real Name: The Liberation 159

10 Living Life: London 183

11 Remembering the Dead 195

Epilogue 203

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