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020    9781803140292|q(paperback) 
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100 1  Rijn, Elle van,|d1967-|eauthor. 
245 14 The orphans of Amsterdam /|cElle van Rijn ; translated by 
       Jai van Essen. 
264  1 London :|bBookouture,|c2022. 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    336 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "First published in Dutch as De Crèche by Hollands Diep in
       2020."--Title page verso. 
520    "Amsterdam, 1941. My hands are so shaky I'm fumbling. 
       Where to hide? I pull open the dresser, throw aside the 
       blankets, put the baby in and push the drawer shut, just 
       as the nursery door swings open. The German officer 
       marches into the room, yelling over the crying downstairs:
       'You! Grab all the children - now!' Based on the heart-
       wrenching true story of an ordinary young woman who risked
       everything to save countless children from the Nazis. My 
       name is Betty. Until a few months ago, I was just like 
       every other nursery teacher in the city... then the Nazis 
       came and began to take our children away. Now, the nursery
       is part of a German deportation centre. Little ones and 
       their families are being forced across the border, to a 
       place called Auschwitz. No one comes back. So when I hear 
       there's an underground network to save the children, I 
       know I have to help. Sometimes the parents won't be parted
       from them, and sometimes we can't get to them in time - 
       there are spies everywhere. But each time I smuggle the 
       warm, innocent bundle of a sleeping baby past the Nazi 
       guards and into the arms of the resistance, I know it's 
       worth the risk. Tonight, in the pitch black, we are 
       readying five little ones to escape ahead of a transport 
       tomorrow. We don't know where they're going, and they may 
       never see their parents again. As I button their coats and
       smooth their hair, my hands trembling, I hear the 
       nightmare sound of heavy army boots on the stairs. My 
       breath catches and my blood runs cold..."--Back cover. 
546    In English, translated from the Dutch. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xJews|xRescue|zNetherlands|vFiction. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xWomen|zNetherlands|vFiction. 
650  0 World War, 1939-1945|xUnderground movements|zNetherlands
       |vFiction. 
650  0 Anti-Nazi movement|zNetherlands|vFiction. 
650  0 Jews, Dutch|zNetherlands|vFiction. 
650  0 Jewish orphans|zNetherlands|vFiction. 
650  0 Jewish women in the Holocaust|zNetherlands|vFiction. 
650  0 Jewish children in the Holocaust|zNetherlands|vFiction. 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2lcgft 
700 1  Essen, Jai van,|etranslator. 
730 0  Crèche.|lEnglish.