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My name is Selma : the remarkable memoir of a Jewish resistance fighter and Ravensbruck survivor / Selma van de Perre ; translated by Alice Tetley-Paul and Anna Asbury.
Selma van de Perre was seventeen when World War Two began. Until then, being Jewish in the Netherlands had been of no consequence. But by 1941 this simple fact had become a matter of life or death. Several times, Selma avoided being rounded up by the Nazis. Then, in an act of defiance, she joined the Resistance movement, using the pseudonym Margareta van der Kuit. For two years 'Marga' risked it all. Using a fake ID, and passing as Aryan she travelled around the country delivering newsletters, sharing information, keeping up morale - doing, as she later explained, what 'had to be done'. In July 1944 her luck ran out. She was transported to Ravensbruck women's concentration camp as a political prisoner. Unlike her parents and sister - who, she would later discover, died in other camps - she survived by using her alias, pretending to be someone else. It was only after the war ended that she was allowed to reclaim her identity and dared to say once again: My name is Selma. Now, at ninety-eight, Selma remains a force of nature. Full of hope and courage, this is her story in her own words. -- Source other than Library of Congress.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982164676 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 204 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: London : Bantam press, 2020.
Content descriptions
| Language Note: | Translated from the Dutch. |
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| Subject: | Perre, Selma van de, 1922- Holocaust survivors > Netherlands. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945 > Jewish resistance > Netherlands. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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- Baker & Taylor
This memoir from a 98-year-old Jewish Resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor tells the story of how she took on an assumed identity fighting Nazi occupation in the Netherlands before being sent to a womenâs prison camp. 70,000 first printing. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
A memoir from a ninety-eight-year-old Jewish Resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor tells the story of how she took on an assumed identity fighting Nazi occupation in the Netherlands before being sent to a women's prison camp. - Simon and Schuster
An international bestseller, this powerful memoir by a ninety-eight-year-old Jewish Resistance fighter and Ravensbrück concentration camp survivor 'shows us how to find hope in hopelessness and light in the darkness' (Edith Eger, author of The Choice and The Gift).
Selma van de Perre was seventeen when World War II began. She lived with her parents, two older brothers, and a younger sister in Amsterdam, and until then, being Jewish in the Netherlands had not presented much of an issue. But by 1941 it had become a matter of life or death. On several occasions, Selma barely avoided being rounded up by the Nazis. While her father was summoned to a work camp and eventually hospitalized in a Dutch transition camp, her mother and sister went into hiding'until they were betrayed in June 1943 and sent to Auschwitz. In an act of defiance and with nowhere else to turn, Selma took on an assumed identity, dyed her hair blond, and joined the Resistance movement, using the pseudonym Margareta van der Kuit. For two years 'marga' risked it all. Using a fake ID, and passing as non-Jewish, she traveled around the country and even to Nazi headquarters in Paris, sharing information and delivering papers'doing, as she later explained, what 'had to be done."
But in July 1944 her luck ran out. She was transported to Ravensbrück women's concentration camp as a political prisoner. Without knowing the fate of her family'her father died in Auschwitz, and her mother and sister were killed in Sobibor'selma survived by using her alias, pretending to be someone else. It was only after the war ended that she could reclaim her identity and dared to say once again: My name is Selma.
"We were ordinary people plunged into extraordinary circumstances," Selma writes. Full of hope and courage, this is her story in her own words. - Simon and Schuster
An international bestseller, this powerful memoir by a ninety-eight-year-old Jewish Resistance fighter and Holocaust survivor âshows us how to find hope in hopelessness and light in the darknessâ (Edith Eger, author of The Choice and The Gift).
Selma van de Perre was seventeen when World War II began. Until then, being Jewish in the Netherlands had not been an issue. But by 1941 it had become a matter of life or death. On several occasions, Selma barely avoided being rounded up by the Nazis. While her father was summoned to a work camp and eventually hospitalized in a Dutch transition camp, her mother and sister went into hidingâuntil they were betrayed in June 1943 and sent to Auschwitz. In an act of defiance and with nowhere else to turn, Selma took on an assumed identity, dyed her hair blond, and joined the Resistance movement, using the pseudonym Margareta van der Kuit. For two years âMargaâ risked it all. Using a fake ID, and passing as Aryan, she traveled around the country and even to Nazi headquarters in Paris, sharing information and delivering papersâdoing, as she later explained, what âhad to be done.â
In July 1944 her luck ran out. She was transported to Ravensbrück womenâs concentration camp as a political prisoner. Unlike her parents and sister who she later found out died in other campsâSelma survived by using her alias, pretending to be someone else. It was only after the war ended that she could reclaim her identity and dared to say once again: My name is Selma.
âWe were ordinary people plunged into extraordinary circumstances,â she writes in this âastonishing, inspirational, and importantâ memoir (Ariana Neumann, author of When Time Stopped). Full of hope and courage, this is Selmaâs story in her own words.
