Five Years Under Nazi Occupation: A World War II Memoir of Resilience and Survival in the Netherland

ive Years Under Nazi Occupation is the story of a Dutch girl's will to survive WWII. She was 12 years old when Hitler's troops marched into the Netherlands and 17 when the country was finally liberated.

During the time that teenagers normally begin to develop their personal value systems, she spent many nights hiding under the stairs during bombardments, and days going to school that was held in the basement of a mental institution where German scientists performed the most unspeakable exper...