The War in the Corner

Jan Braakman's War in the Corner offers an insightful, dramatic, and evocative examination of the experiences of one small Netherlands community during World War II. The stories of resistance patriots, German sympathizers and agents, people who hid Jews and downed Allied airmen are rendered in compelling detail, but so too is the story of more ordinary citizens who sought only to survive an extremely difficult time. Braakman's journey into the past to understand what happened to his family and hometown of Laren during the occupation and subsequent liberation by Canadian troops is a story that resonates. Mark Zuehlke, author of the Canadian Battle Series