by Jan Brokken · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9789045027487
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«De vergelding: een dorp in tijden van oorlog» is Jan Brokken's historical essay, published by Atlas Contact in paperback, in Dutch.
Jan Brokken investigates a secret of Rhoon during World War II: in 1944, an act of sabotage kills a German soldier, and the reprisal executes seven residents, expels their families, and burns down their houses. Drawing on thousands of pages of files, testimonies, and 185 interviews, he reconstructs the events and the doubts that still divide the village.
Published in 2014, the work belongs to Dutch historical nonfiction about the German occupation of the Netherlands.
For readers interested in the history of the Netherlands under German occupation and in research based on archives and testimonies.
