The prisoners of Breendonk : personal histories from a World War II concentration camp

The Resource The prisoners of Breendonk : personal histories from a World War II concentration camp
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The prisoners of Breendonk : personal histories from a World War II concentration camp
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personal histories from a World War II concentration camp
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by James M. Deem with additional photography by Leon Nolis
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eng
Summary
  • "This absorbing and captivating nonfiction account (with never-before-published photographs) offers readers an in-depth anthropological and historical look into the lives of those who suffered and survived Breendonk concentration camp during the Holocaust of World War II"--
  • Fort Breendonk was built in the early 1900s to protect Antwerp, Belgium, from possible German invasion. It fell into disrepair until the Nazis took it over after their invasion of Belgium in 1940. Labeled a "reception" camp where prisoners were held until they were either released or transported, Breendonk was no less brutal than a concentration camp. About 3,600 prisoners were held there; just over half of them survived. Deem pieces together the story of the camp by telling the stories of its victims-- Jews, communists, resistance fighters, and common criminals
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Biography type
contains biographical information
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DLC
Dewey number
940.53/18549322
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
D805.5.B74
LC item number
D44 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Target audience
juvenile

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