Meet the Dutch Christians Who Saved Their Jewish Neighbors from the Nazis

[CopyBoy]

Diet Eman lay awake in her bed. Who could be beating their rugs at this hour? It was early morning on May 10, 1940. Hours before, Hitler had announced that he would respect the neutrality that the Netherlands had maintained during World War I.

As the popping continued, Eman and her parents scrambled to the front lawn. Planes buzzed through the night sky and fire shot upward, shattering Hitler’s assurances. Stumbling back inside, the Emans turned the radio on: “We are at war. German paratroopers have landed.” Diet’s blood boiled; Hitler had lied.

Then a new question rattled around in her mind as she sat in her nightclothes: What of my Hein?

A few days later, she found out.

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[Songcatcher]

Thank you for posting this. I read the whole article and it was very moving. When I saw the subject line, I thought it was going to be about the Ten Booms, who I’ve read a lot about, so it was interesting to read of others in that same movement.