Table of Contents:
  • The history and memory of hidden children
  • Before and during the war : the Netherlands and the Jews
  • After the war : the Jews and the Netherlands
  • "My mother screamed and screamed" : memories of occupation, war, and hiding
  • "I came home, but I was homesick" : when both parents returned
  • "They were out of their minds" : when one parent returned
  • "Who am I?": orphans living with families
  • "There was never a kind word" : life in Jewish orphanages
  • Creating postwar lives, creating collective memory: from the personal to the political.