Hidden Letters - Hardcover

Philip Slier

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9781887734882: Hidden Letters
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1887734880 ISBN 13: 9781887734882
Publisher: Star Bright Books, 2008

Synopsis

In 1997, a Dutch demolition contractor found a bundle of papers hidden in a house in Amsterdam. The papers were the letters, postcards and telegrams written by Philip Slier, a 17-year-old Dutch Jew, to his family while imprisoned in a Nazi labour camp. This book presents all the letters.

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About the Author

Deborah Slier is a publisher and book editor who lives in New York City. She is Flip's first cousin.
Ian Shine is the author of Serendipity in Santa Helena and Thomas Hunt Morgan, Pioneer of Genetics.
Marion Pritchard was born in Holland and now lives in Washington, D.C. She taught Holocaust studies at Clark University. She was involved in the Dutch underground during World War II and was profiled by U.S. News & World Report as one of the 50 heroes of the 20th century. In 1981, Yad Vashem recognized Marion as "Righteous Among the Nations" for her efforts.

Reviews

Discovered hidden in a bathroom ceiling in Amsterdam in 1997, this collection of letters from Philip Flip Slier, a Dutch Jew killed in the Holocaust, displays a spirit as indomitable as that of Anne Frank's. Slier was 18 when he was sent to a Dutch labor camp in April 1942. Described by friends as good-natured and gregarious, he maintained an optimistic air in the letters to his parents, asserting that he and his fellow laborers were better off in the labor camp than at a concentration camp. One also gets the sense that his constant references to food and fun are part of his expressed message to his parents: Be strong, you hear! Don't despair. I don't either. Deborah Slier, Flip's cousin, and her co-editors add documents, other recollections and a general history of the war, making this book more than the story of one young man, but an addition to the history of the Holocaust in Holland that could be particularly effective as educational material. Slier escaped from the camp but was rearrested, and as with all Holocaust tales, this one is devastating. Photos. (Oct.)
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Publisher
Star Bright Books
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1887734880
ISBN 13 
9781887734882
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
200
Rating
  • 4.20 out of 5 stars
    15 ratings by Goodreads