Many people shared memories, expertise, and invaluable translation skills, chief among them Rige den Hartog, whose courage and energy in large part made this book possible. We are also indebted to our father, Jim, and uncles Rokus, Gerry, and Nick for answering what must have seemed like an endless stream of questions, and for responding so candidly. To the long list that follows, hartelijk bedankt: Ineke Batelaan, Joost Batelaan, Piet Blom, Willy Boss-Mol, Wendy Broer at the Waalsdorp Memorial site, Denise Bukowski, Leo Cahn, Marilyn Charbonneau, Evert den Boer, Tonny den Boer, Helen den Dekker, Heidi den Hartog, Linda den Hartog Austin, Simon de Korte, Hajo Groenman at the War Over Holland site, Arigje Jol–de Vos, Gene Kasaboski, Ineke Kranendonk–van Veenendaal, Jennifer Lambert, Corrie Landman-Blom, Allyson Latta, Liesbeth Meijer, Jeanne Opdam–van Kampen, Schil Overwater, Trudy Pronk, Johanna Quartel, Jan Rehling, Corrie Ruis–de Korte, Gerrie Schipper-Post, Cor Scholten, Oeral Thus, Henrika vande Burgt, Ken vande Burgt, Jan van de Graaf, André van der Zee, Adrie van Everdingen of “Het Land van Strijen,” Carla van Gent–Warnau, Bep Warnau-Hefting, Trena White, Jeff Winch, Aad Zandbergen and the Leidschendam–Voorburg Archives, Nel Zwolsman–van Veenendaal. A special thank you, too, to Jeroen Dewulf, who holds the Queen Beatrix Chair at the University of California, Berkeley, and who checked the manuscript for historical accuracy.
The number of books, websites, archives, and museums consulted is great, but the following condensed list proved indispensable:
Batelaan, Rie. Diary of Rie Batelaan. Trans. Tanny and Joost Batelaan. Leidschendam, 1941–45. (Late in 2007 the diary was published in its entirety in the Netherlands as Verborgen Dagboek 1941–1945.)
Bernhard, Prince. Het fotoarchief van prins Bernhard. Amsterdam, 2005
Cahn, Henny. Autobiographical account of 1942 flight to Switzerland. Jewish Historical Museum. Amsterdam, 1990
Dams, F.H. Chr. M., and de Kort, J.D. Over, door en om de Leytsche Dam. Leidschendam, 1988
de Jong, Louis. The Collapse of a Colonial Society. The Dutch in Indonesia during the Second World War. Leiden, 2002
de Jong, Louis. “Twee gesprekken met Gertrud Seyss-Inquart, Salzburg, 30 September 1952.” Oorlogsdocumentatie ‘40–’45: jaarboek van het Rijksinstituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie. Zutphen, 1989
www.erepeloton.nl, the Waalsdorpervlakte memorial site
www.erfgoedleidschendam.nl, the Leidschendam historical society and its many articles including “Gereformeerde Leidschendam During WWII” by Dick (H.J.Ph.G.) Kaajan
Fuykschot, Cornelia. Hunger in Holland. New York, 1995
Hatch, Alden. HRH Prince Bernhard. London, 1962
Hefting, Paul. Ontwerper Henny Cahn. Amsterdam, 2006
www.hetillegaleparool.nl/ Het Parool’s online archive of wartime newspapers
Historische Vereniging’s-Gravendeel
Hillesum, Etty. An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork. New York, 1996
Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam
Leidschendam–Voorburg archives
Mechanicus, Philip. Waiting for Death: A Diary. London, 1968
Museum Oud Overschie, Rotterdam
National Archives of the United Kingdom, Image Library
Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie, Alexander Kazerne, Den Haag, and the diary by Moeskops, Hulpaalmoezenier J.A., 28 R.I. chaplain
Neuman, H.J. Arthur Seyss-Inquart, het leven van een duits onderkoning in Nederland. Utrecht, 1967
Nicholas, Lynn H. Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web. New York, 2006
www.niod.nl, the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation
Oudheidkundige Vereniging “Het Land van Strijen”
Peters, Maarten; Doepel, Duzan; van Schuppen, Steven. “A controversial legacy: The Atlantic Wall from Rhine to IJ.” The Hague, 2005
Royal Archives, House of Orange-Nassau, The Hague
Ryan, Cornelius. A Bridge Too Far. New York, 1995
van der Zee, Henri. The Hunger Winter: Occupied Holland 1944–45. London, 1982
Verbeek, J.R. “ ‘V2-Vergeltung’ from The Hague and Its Environs: Deployment of the V2 rockets and the terrors for the city and her inhabitants.” Den Haag, 2005
Verzetsmuseum, Amsterdam
www.time.com, Time magazine’s archives
www.vac-acc.gc.ca, Veterans Affairs Canada
www.warmuseum.ca, the Canadian War Museum’s online collection of wartime newspaper articles
www.waroverholland.nl, which details the five days of battle across the country
Wilhelmina, Princess of the Netherlands. Lonely But Not Alone. London, 1960