The Children's House of Belsen
Hetty Verolme
A painfully poignant, ultimately uplifting and highly unusual Holocaust story
When their father and then their mother was taken away, Hetty, Max and Jacky had to fend for themselves. Initially separated from her brothers, Hetty later joined them in the 'Children's House', a barrack room which directly overlooked one of the open mass graves. Under the inspirational figure of the children's mentor Sister Luba - 'The Angel of Belsen' - it came to form an oasis of hope and humanity amid the horrors. The children were finally liberated by the British in April 1945 - just too late for Anne Frank, who had died in the same camp the previous month. 'Her story is indeed a miraculous one' Jewish Chronicle 'The Children's House of Belsen is effective in describing the valour and strength of human spirit as well as the atrocities meted out on others... a genuinely moving account.' Morning Star 'Verolme's tale is shocking and harrowing, and a great example of triumph over adversity' Glasgow Herald
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About Hetty Verolme Hetty Verolme, oldest of three children of a Jewish family in Amsterdam, was thirteen when in 1943 she was transported with her parents and brothers to the repatriation camp at Westerbork, and from there to the concentration camp at Belsen.
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