| The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II Concentration Camp Contributor(s): Deem, James M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 035824028X ISBN-13: 9780358240280 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Holocaust - Young Adult Nonfiction | History - Europe - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Political |
| Dewey: 940.531 |
| Lexile Measure: 1100 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.97 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fort Breendonk was built in the early 1900s to protect Antwerp, Belgium, from possible German invasion. Damaged at the start of World War I, it fell into disrepair . . . until the Nazis took it over after their invasion of Belgium in 1940. Never designated an official concentration camp by the SS and instead labeled a "reception" camp where prisoners were held until they were either released or transported, Breendonk was no less brutal. About 3,600 prisoners were held there--just over half of them survived. As one prisoner put it, "I would prefer to spend nineteen months at Buchenwald than nineteen days at Breendonk." With access to the camp and its archives and with rare photos and artwork, James M. Deem pieces together the story of the camp by telling the stories of its victims--Jews, communists, resistance fighters, and common criminals--for the first time in an English-language publication. Leon Nolis's haunting photography of the camp today accompanies the wide range of archival images. The story of Breendonk is one you will never forget. |
Contributor Bio(s): Deem, James M.: - James M. Deem is the author of numerous books for young readers, including 3 NB of Julian Drew, Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Rediscovery of the Past, and Faces From the Past. Mr. Deem lives outside of Phoenix, Arizona. |