Category Archives: Book-SotH

BACKGROUNDER (September 2023) Long-standing mystery of young boy’s Holocaust story has surprising outcome

BACKGROUNDER (September 2023) Long-standing mystery of young boy’s Holocaust story has surprising outcome All author Patrick Wolfe knew was that Johnny Heijmans, the son of “Dr. Heijmans of Haarlem,” was in hiding with the family of Barend van Leeuwen of … Continue reading

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News Release September 2023

September 2023 SURPRISING HOLOCAUST STORY All author Patrick Wolfe knew was that Johnny Heijmans, the son of “Dr. Heijmans of Haarlem,” was in hiding with the family of Barend van Leeuwen of Hilversum in late 1942 and early 1943, during … Continue reading

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News Release June 2023

June 2023 THE 1946 RIOT AND SEIGE AT CAMP DUINDORP A NEW PERSPECTIVE New information on a 1946 riot and subsequent two-day siege at Camp Duindorp, near The Hague, where thousands of collaborators—many of whom had been members of the … Continue reading

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BACKGROUNDER (June 2023) The 1946 riot and siege at Camp Duindorp: A new perspective

BACKGROUNDER (June 2023) The 1946 riot and siege at Camp Duindorp: A new perspective New information on a 1946 riot and subsequent two-day siege at Camp Duindorp, near The Hague, where thousands of collaborators—many of whom had been members of … Continue reading

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News Release April 2023

April 3, 2023 Victoria, B.C., social worker and foster parent was a member of the Dutch SS and a participant in the Holocaust From 1958 to 1988, Victoria, B.C., was home to a former member of the Dutch SS who … Continue reading

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News Release March 2023

March 2023 NEW INFORMATION ON THE NAZI PAST OF CONTROVERSIAL DUTCHMAN, PIETER SCHELTE HEEREMA A new biography, A Snake on the Heart – History, Mystery, and Truth: The Entangled Journeys of a Biographer and His Nazi Subject, brings to light … Continue reading

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BACKGROUNDER (March 2023) New information on the Nazi past of controversial Dutchman, Pieter Schelte Heerema

BACKGROUNDER (March 2023) New information on the Nazi past of controversial Dutchman, Pieter Schelte Heerema Sometime after Pieter Schelte Heerema, a member of the Dutch SS, returned to the Netherlands from Russia in mid-1942, he “appeared to have completely turned … Continue reading

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PROLOGUE-ASnakeOnTheHeart

PROLOGUE AN UNSETTLING PORTRAIT OF THE BIOGRAPHER AS A YOUNG MAN On January 11, 1988, I was up all night at my office preparing the eulogy I would deliver the next day at the memorial service for my good friend, … Continue reading

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