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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 The Children's House of Belsen
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'Hetty's family was torn apart following the German invasion of the Netherlands. Rounded up by the Nazis and then separated from their parents, Hetty and her brothers were sent to the Children's House, within Belsen concentration camp. As one of the eldest, Hetty became the 'Little Mother', helping to care for not only her siblings, but the other children as well. In a direct and powerful style, Hetty recalls one of the remarkable, largely untold stories of the Holocaust, the extraordinary struggle and survival of this group of children through these terrible years.' (Publisher's blurb)

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    • Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 2000 .
      Extent: 311p.
      Description: illus., ports.
      ISBN: 186368252X
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y separately published work icon Hetty : A True Story Hetty Verolme , North Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2010 Z1663180 2010 single work autobiography young adult

'This is one of the remarkable, largely untold, stories of the Holocaust, a story of hope. It is a heartwarming tale that traces the extraordinary struggle and survival of a family through those terrible years.

'Hetty was just twelve years old in 1943 when her family was torn apart following the German invasion of the Netherlands.

'Rounded up by the Nazis and then separated from their parents, Hetty and her brothers were sent to the Children's House, within Belsen concentration camp. Hetty became the 'Little Mother' of the camp, helping to care for the other children.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Works about this Work

The Belsen Internet Connection of Hetty and Yiddele Sam Lipski , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 20 May vol. 71 no. 35 2005; (p. 16)
Untitled Jean Doran , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 56)
— Review of The Children's House of Belsen Hetty Verolme , 2000 single work autobiography
Untitled Judith Berman , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Studies in Western Australian History , no. 21 2000; (p. 173-174)
— Review of The Children's House of Belsen Hetty Verolme , 2000 single work autobiography
Untitled Judith Berman , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Studies in Western Australian History , no. 21 2000; (p. 173-174)
— Review of The Children's House of Belsen Hetty Verolme , 2000 single work autobiography
Untitled Jean Doran , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 2 2000; (p. 56)
— Review of The Children's House of Belsen Hetty Verolme , 2000 single work autobiography
The Belsen Internet Connection of Hetty and Yiddele Sam Lipski , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 20 May vol. 71 no. 35 2005; (p. 16)
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Last amended 24 May 2014 16:00:09
Subjects:
  • Bergen-Belsen-Denkmal,
    c
    Germany,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1939-1945
Settings:
  • c
    Netherlands,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • c
    Germany,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • ca. 1940s
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