Secure Flory: Survival In The Valley Of Death Expressed By Flory A. Van Beek Displayed In Mobi

is a heart wrenching story of one young Jewish family in Nazi occupied Holland, and the many compassionate Dutch who put their own lives on ther line to protect them.
This is the first story I've read with such detail about individual lives and experiences, in large part because the author and her husband managed to save their diaries from the war, along with family photos and documents.


Above all, this story is so compelling to me because it's also the story of my own family, Christians who risked everything to do what's right.
It mortifies me to know how much they went through, and gives me such great pride as well,

This isn't the most well written book but for grabbing my attention and pulling me

in, there are few rivals.
My heartfelt thanks to the author for her willingness to share her family's story, Fascinating and terrifying story. Could have used a teeny bit of editing some paragraphs seemed repeated, but still, it was like sitting down with Flory and listening to her story.


One thing I would like to remark just the difference between the Dutch and Polish citizens when it came to helping the Jews during the war and their attitude when the survivors.
In this novel, one of Flory's brothers had a shop that the neighbors kept up for him and happily handed over to him.
In Poland, the Poles not all, I know killed their returning neighbors b/c they did not want to give back the property.
dit soort boeken zijn indrukwekkend omdat het waargebeurd is, en de foto's maken het extra indrukwekkend, het leven van een jonge joodse vrouw die er alles aan doet om te overleven tijdens de tweede wereldoorlog, en vooral omdat het zich afspeelt in Nederland maakt het nog iets meer indrukwekkender, Interesting story, I've been to the town she lived in and hid in during the war, Having been an exchange student in Holland, I have met a number of Dutch families that either were in the Resistance Movement or hid Jewish families during WWII.
Because I'd been to her town this book was of particular interest, Another amazing tale of survival of Jews from the atrocities of the Germans, But this time in Holland, I loved reading about the courageous stories of neighbors helping neighbors, The quiet defiance of Dutch, so many were so brave, Poorly written

If only there were half this is a solid,. This story failed to draw me in on any level, Their survival story while incredible lacked the emotional appeal that many other WWII stories possess, I wish more of their documentary evidence had been scanned in to the book, The hidden

It is a refreshing story to hear how the Dutch population hid and protected their Jewish friends and neighbors during the Nazi occupation.
The survival and courage of those hidden in attics and small hiding places is overwhelming, What an exceptional book about Flory's survival of the Holocaust from before the war, surviving hidden in Holland during the German invasion, and finding family members afterwards.
Her family was blessed with a series of miraculous events enabling them to survive the horror, What is amazing was her forethought to save articles, photographs, and diaries of her and her husband's lives during this horrible time.
Such a good description of life as a jew during WWII, It definitely makes me appreciate the life we live, and realize how fragile it can be, I think everyone would do well to read it, This story is also an example of the best and the worst in humans, I don't know how a book like this could be given less than five, It is a firsthand account of the Nazi occupation of Holland, Flory and her husband, both Jewish, were taken in by more than one set of complete strangers over ayear period so that their lives would be saved.
They hid in attics and hiding spaces, while also being treated with great kindness and love by people who would have been killed had they been caught.
The fear, desperation, and great sadness felt by these poor people over such a long period of time is incomprehensible, as are the acts of the German military at that time.
Flory tells an honest and gripping story of how she survived that period one of,Holland Jews who survived out of the original population of,.
Great read. I could hardly put this book down after starting it, An amazingly detailed true story of a country Holland where many of the Dutch people not only sympathized for the oppressed Jewish population but did more than anybody could expect to protect innocent lives from being overtaken by the nazi killing machine.
Narrated in great detail by a survivor,
A must read for people like me who are interested in WW II and in particular, the holocaust in hopes that it will never be repeated.
مذكرات فتاة هولندية يهودية عاصرت الحرب العالمية الثانية و احتياج النازية لهولندا
رغم ان الكاتبة يهودية و قد قرأت كثيرا ان اليهود ييالغون فى اظهار تعرضهم للظلم
الا ان الكتاب يتسم بالصدق فى طريقى للقراءة اكثر عن الهولوكوست و ما حدث فيها بصورة محايدة This is one of those stories that make you think, "You can't make this stuff up, " A number of bizarre events happened in her life, My favorite concerns a circus wagon and happens at the end of the story, One of the things that sets her account apart is the numerous newspaper clippings she collected and kept through the war which she translates and shares throughout the book.
My favorite aspect of the book, though, was hearing how so many in Holland helped the Jews at great personal risk.
That made it an encouraging book overall though there were certainly many sad things that happened, I have to agree with the critic, Hearing this read, I felt she was right here beside me, I started this book late at night when I could not go to sleep, I then found myself fighting sleep to hear her story, It is not just about what happened to her and her family but about the people around her, the good, the bad and the ugly.


Like my worn copy of Ann Frank, this will be a story I will want to hear again and again.


The human will is amazing I have just finished reading and Im still under the spell of this story! Its a memoir which everyone needs to read, regardless of their interest in the history of particular era as it demonstrates not only the strength of the human spirit under the most terrifying of circumstances but reveals a truly admirable bravery of the people who refused to be silent bystanders and risk their own lives to help the ones who would never survive without their kindness.

Flory is a young Jewish girl whose life in Holland is sheltered and idyllic until the threat of the German invasion begins to grow and threaten their very existence.
Waves of GermanJewish immigrants begin pouring into the country, persecuted and chased by their own government with one of them, Felix, Flory falls in love and the couple decides to leave the country while they still can.
However, a magnetic bomb sinks the ship on which they were supposed to leave, and the two find themselves in a hospital in England and later, back in Holland, where the new Nazi government is already set on implementing its antiJewish policies.
Now, Florys, Felixs and their families fates are in the hands of the Dutch gentiles who positively refuse to submit to the new order.

Florys memoir is difficult to read at times for it becomes extremely emotional, but each time I felt overwhelmed I reminded myself that those people had to actually live through those events about which Im only reading I can only admire their will to live through years of German occupation, years spent in hiding, years during which it was impossible to know whether members of ones family survived or not
What I also appreciated, was how accurate Flory was in not only preserving the memory of those dreadful years everything was documented by her and Felix and brought to the US in a big suitcase but in reconstructing the timeline of events, revealing the names of the people who helped them survive and the names of the ones who committed unimaginable war crimes during the occupation.

Touching and meticulously put together, this memoir is a true mustread which I highly recommend to everyone, I try to avoid any more Holocaust books because they are so depressing, but this book was like a thriller and had a happy ending.
It's an incredible tale of Dutch Jews that are first thinking that Hitler won't come up all the way to Holland, and then when he does, rush furtively from safe house to safe house of righteous Gentiles to outlast the Third Reich and finally survive in the end.
There are charming parts also, such as when the author gets so mad at God for not protecting his chosen people, that she starts praying, "To Whom It May Concern.
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Altogether a suspenseful book with a happy ending for most of the family, a must read in today's current global situation, This book is a first person account, written in tears, as a tribute to Flory Van Becks beautiful mother,
Flory was a young girl caught in the ruthless Nazi occupation of Holland, Unlike Anne Frank, Flory survived to recount this extraordinary story of persecution and survival, Her journey is utterly amazing, beyond comprehension, It is a tribute to the Dutch people and their deep respect for their fellow country men and women, Without their compassion and courage, many more would have died,
Her book was translated into her native language, Dutch, and was released on May,, liberation day in the Netherlands.
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