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I give this book a V for Victory (2008-04-06)  This is wonderful story about an ordinary family living through a horrific time in history. The young couple (Gerrit & Cor) try to shield their 5 children from the horrors going on in the world around them, while making sure they have enough to eat. We find out that they are not always able to protect their children. Although Gerrit , the father, makes a good living with his Market Garden, the Germans commandeer much of his produce for Germany, so that during the last year of the war, his wife, Cor, rides many miles on her bicycle trading family possessions for food. The devotion of Gerrit & Cor and the love they have for their children and extended family in near-by towns is well portrayed amid the ghastly treatment handed out to the Dutch population by the German occupiers.The everyday life of a family living under such dire circumstances really comes alive, and makes one feel guilty for the little things we grumble about today. We often talk about how "stressed" we are, but it is quite unimagineable to have endured the life of this young family who were just one among thousands. It is understandable why no one wanted to talk about it. The battles and atrocities of the war have been well-researched. The parallel story of the Dutch Royal family, suffering similar tribulations as the ordinary denHartog family makes a good contrast of both ends of the economic scale. Gerrit & Cor's granddaughters have written a beautiful and loving tribute.
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