Geertje: War Seen through the Eyes of a Child as an Adult

<p>World War II officially ended some seventy years ago, but for some people, it lives on.</p> <p>Gerda Blokhuis Vandenhaak, who spent the war in the Netherlands, still recalls the hunger and fear she felt throughout the war-that sticks out more than hearing about the two little boys killed or the blank expression of her father when she visited him in a concentration camp.</p> <p>She looks back at the confusion she felt as a child, and how she always managed to get food for her family as a seven-year-old-even if it meant breaking curfew to roam the countryside and beg at a farmhouse.</p> <p>When the war ended, her troubles did not: Her family took in another family because so many homes had been destroyed. They took up three rooms, and they had to share the bathroom, and she recalls being angry.</p> <p>But those early experiences showed her what it meant to suffer, which is one of the reasons she's dedicated her life to helping others.</p> <p>Join her as she celebrates love and joy and moves past pain in this inspirational account that shows the power of the human spirit.</p>

• Geertje: War Seen through the Eyes of a Child as an Adult, (Paperback)
• Author: iUniverse
• ISBN: 9781491785515
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2016-04-30
• Page Count: 150