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In the Shadow of the truth
December 2016: The release of “In the Shadow of the truth” – War novel
Description
How it began • This book is a fictional story based on actual experiences of
people who lived through the war. From people who have
• It was heading towards May, so Liberation Day in The made unlikely friendships and who have had to go
Netherlands. The reporting became increasingly one- through the most brutal situations. They are people who
sided; only the persecution of the Jews seemed to be have never wanted to step into the spotlight. People who
the subject of the Second World War.
didn't get a ribbon. They are people who have never been
• Don't get me wrong, that is an incredible drama, not heard or never wanted to tell their story in public. They are
to be tolerated and not to be forgotten! But there are people who wanted to forget the war and only if they came
more people who have suffered unimaginable together with 'fellow people who suffered’, could talk
suffering, such as the Dutch who were taken away by
the Germans to work for them. about this part of their past. In short, they are stories that
are not bound by what is politically correct or incorrect, but
• My own father was one of them. I decided to write they are stories about what the life of that moment brought
about it after asking my mother's permission.
onto their path and how they dealt with it.
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