Hetty Werkendam was 13 years old in 1943 when she was transported to the repatriation camp at Westerbork. From there she was sent to Belsen to live in the """"Children's House,"""" where she witnessed firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust. Her account of life in the Children's House-where the awfulness of Belsen was countered by the inspirational figure of the children's mentor Sister Luba-provides a painful but unusually uplifting Holocaust memoir.

The Childrens House of Belsen

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Verolme, Hetty

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The Children's House of Belsen

Hetty Werkendam was thirteen years old when she was sent to Belsen, where se lived in the infamous "Children's House," overlooking an open mass grave. There she witnessed at first hand the horrors of the Holocaust. Her account of life in the Children's House provides a painfully poignant, but strangely uplifting Holocaust story.
Hetty Verolme lives in Australia.

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Hetty Werkendam was 13 years old in 1943 when she was transported to the repatriation camp at Westerbork. From there she was sent to Belsen to live in the "Children's House," where she witnessed firsthand the horrors of the Holocaust. Her account of life in the Children's House-where the awfulness of Belsen was countered by the inspirational figure of the children's mentor Sister Luba-provides a painful but unusually uplifting Holocaust memoir. Hetty Verolme lives in Australia.

Hetty's family was torn apart following the 1940 German Invasion of the Netherlands and rounded up by the Nazis and then separated from their parents, Hetty and her brothers were sent to the 'Children’s House' in Belsen Concentration Camp. As one of the eldest Hetty became the 'Little Mother' helping to care not only for her siblings but the other children as well. In a direct and powerful style, Hetty recalls one of the remarkable largely untold story of the Holocaustthe extraordinary struggle and survival of this group of 40 children through those terrible years.

Fremantle Press

An extraordinary story of the struggle and survival of a group of children in a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, this autobiographical tale details the motherly role adopted by the adolescent author during her time in the camp. Adapted from her original autobiography written for adults, this moving memoiredited and pared back for a younger audiencereveals how Hetty and her siblings survived after they were taken from their parents and encamped at the Children’s House in Belsen, Germany. A remarkable and largely untold account of the Holocaust, this work is an inspirational story of the enduring spirit of children.

Hetty: A True Story

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The Childrens House of Belsen

The Children's House of Belsen

The Children's House of Belsen

The Children's House of Belsen

Hetty: A True Story