Dancing In Bomb Shelters

"A rare historical treasure that tells the riveting story of a
Dutch family's survival in World War II." -Melanie Wiggins, author
of Torpedoes in the Gulf, Fatal Ascent, U-Boat Adventures, and They
Made Their Own Law In May 1940, fourteen-year-old Johanna de Wilde
was just like any other teenage girl in Nijmegen, Holland, who
loved boys and music, but when Hitler and his German troops invaded
her town during World War II, her life was changed forever. As
bombs exploded around her house, Johanna was encouraged by her
father to document their large family's struggles to survive as
they desperately searched for food; fearfully hid Jewish friends;
and bravely endured SS brutality, Gestapo searches, and resistance
activities. Johanna shares how she was forced to write secretly and
keep the pages of her diary well-hidden to avoid discovery by the
Gestapo who would have surely shot her father and sent the rest of
the family to concentration camps as punishment. As her town became
the focal point of the huge Allied invasion, Operation Market
Garden, Johanna provides an in-depth glimpse into how teenagers
behaved during a traumatic time in history as they searched for
excitement, danced and romanced, and played tricks on the enemy in
order to offset hunger, earsplitting noise, and privation that
persisted for five long years. Please read and see more at:
www.dancinginbombshelters.com