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Hunger in Holland

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This book provides a fairly objective view of the many domestic details of life under German occupation. Fuykschot was a young teen in Utrecht, Holland when her life was dramatically changed during WW2. She describes the struggle to keep warm, clothed, and nourished as basic supplies became increasingly scare. The focus is a personal and familial one as she recalls the events that impacted on her parents and younger sister, and to some extent neighbours and school chums. Hardship abounds but triumph is definite in the satisfying ending of liberation by Canadian troops in 1944.

Fantastic book. Extremely accurate and it will be great for the grandchildren to read,so they will understand what we went through in the war. Could not put it down.

I was very interested in how the Dutch survived the Nazi occupation. This book brought it home in very clear terms. The book itself is cheaply printed. Also, the author doesn't follow a clear chronology but she is writing from memory and probably doesn't recall that much detail. The feeling one gets is that she was starving in 1943, nothing got better, but somehow it becomes mid-1945.
Still, a strong recommendation if you find these kinds of war stories compelling.