Yesterday Daddy and I went and saw Frieda E. Roos-van Hessen speak. We also met her briefly as she signed a copy of her book for us. She is a lady who survived the Holocaust and Nazi occupation of Holland as friends and family were lost to Nazi annihilation.
More info from her book:
Ms. Roos-van Hessen was also one of Holland's foremost concert and opera singers before the war. At 19, she sang the lead for the Dutch version of Walt Disney's Snow White. At 24, she was the soloist in a performance of Verdi's Requiem for the Dutch Royal Family. The future could not have seemed brighter until she was forced into hiding when the Nazis invaded Holland.
She is now 91 years old and still tells about her hiding, miraculous escapes, and determination to survive some of the worst horrors this world has ever seen.
It is important for testimonies such as this one, to come forth to affirm the truth of that dark period in current history and to uplift the hope for a brighter future for generations to come.
She was an inspiration to Daddy and me. She survived so much yet did not let it keep her down. It is an amazing story. You can borrow my book when we are done...
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Swastika-Frieda-Roos-van-Hessen/dp/0974134589
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