How I Survived Five Years of Nazi Occupation
This is the story of one Dutch girl’s determination to survive World War II. She was 12 years old when Hitler’s troops invaded Holland and 17 at the time of liberation.
During the time when teenagers normally develop their personalities, she spent many nights under the stairs during bombings and attended a school held in the basement of a mental institution where German scientists conducted terrible experiments on the residents.
She lost many Jewish classmates, including her best friend. These were deported and died in the death camps. She had constant fear of air raids and knows what it is to always be hungry. But she was determined to survive.
Elisabeth Hofboer Breslav is one of an increasingly small group of teenagers who survived the 1940-1945 occupation. She was born in Amsterdam and emigrated to America more than 50 years ago, where she lives in Connecticut.
Her story is a true story with a message for today.
