The Occupied Garden: A Family Memoir of War-Torn Holland
by Kristen Den Hartog
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The Occupied Garden is the powerful true story of a market gardener and his fiercely devout wife who were living a simple life in Holland when the Nazis invaded in 1940. During the subsequent occupation, Gerrit and Cor den Hartog struggled to keep their young family from starving and from being broken up in an era of intimidation, disappearances, and bombings -- until one devastating day when they found they were unable to protect their children from the war. Poignant and unforgettable, The show more Occupied Garden is a testament to the resiliency of ordinary people living in an extraordinary time, written by two sisters determined to keep their family history alive. show lessTags
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A well written account of life pre, during and after World War 2 in the Netherlands. The author or authors make the era come alive.
A powerful and moving account of true events just before, during and after WWII.
It reads almost like a novel but these things really happened to these real people. Their hardships, courage, kindness and hope are described with grace. A wonderful tribute to a family and a country.
It reads almost like a novel but these things really happened to these real people. Their hardships, courage, kindness and hope are described with grace. A wonderful tribute to a family and a country.
Excellent book, weaving one family's story with the history of World War 2 in the Netherlands.
My parents were a little younger than the den Hartog family but other than that, I suspect the authors were telling their stories of life in occupied Nederland as well. I found the book to be a moving recollection of love, hardship and courage.
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- People/Characters
- Gerrit den Hartog; Cor den Hartog; Rige den Hartog; Koos den Hartog; Rokus den Hartog; Gert den Hartog (show all 12); Niek den Hartog; Arthur Seyss-Inquart; Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands; Princess Juliana of the Netherlands; Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld; Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands
- Important places
- Leidschendam, South Holland, Netherlands; The Netherlands; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Alymer, Ontario, Canada
- Important events
- World War II (1939 | 1945); Battle of the Netherlands (1940-05-10 | 1940-05-17); World War II, German Occupation of the Netherlands (1940-05-17 | 1945-05-05)
- Dedication
- Voor Tante Rige
En ter nagedachtenis Cor en Gerrit
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- 80
- Popularity
- 395,132
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (3.81)
- Languages
- Dutch, English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
- 2
