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Things We Couldn't Say
By Diet Eman and James Schaap
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Things We Couldn't Say is the true story of Diet Eman, a young Dutch woman, who, with her fiance, Hein Sietsma, risked everything to rescue imperiled Jews in Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II. Throughout the years that Diet and Hein aided the Resistance--work that would cost Diet her freedom and Hein his life--their courageous effort ultimately saved hundreds of Dutch Jews.
Now available in paperback, Things We Couldn't Say tells an unforgettable story of heroism, faith, and--above all--love.
Now available in paperback, Things We Couldn't Say tells an unforgettable story of heroism, faith, and--above all--love.
Author
Diet Eman
Included among the "Righteous Gentiles" at Yad Vashem,Israel's Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. She studiednursing after World War II and worked as a head nurse inVenezuela and as a foreign correspondent and export managerin Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she still resides.
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Reviews for Things We Couldn't Say
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5One of the best books I have ever read! Diet Eman makes you feel as if you are there during this horrific event. After I read this book I found a movie on Netflix in titled Auschwitz, and loved it as well. Highly recommend this book to everyone (and the movie, but it is very graphic).
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I absolutely loved this book! It's honesty had a huge impact on me for years. I first heard of the book while listening to Focus on the Family - Dr. Dobson was interviewing Diet Eman. Her accent was very heavy so I ordered the tape to listen to the interview over again and then ordered the book. This is NOT a book that will leave you wanting to skip off into the sunset. Rather, it is a profound story of a young Christian woman falling in love and planning to marry when her country is invaded by the Nazi's. Another reviewer was disappointed by the lack of history yet I found the attitudes reflected in this book very interesting for this time. If nothing else, it helps me to understand why some Jewish people, especially secular Jews, are so distrustful of Christians, even American Christians.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5My attention was captured by Diet's interview on NPR one evening. I hurried to add the book to my collection only to be disappointed by the lack of historical detail it provided. The book was a beautiful love story but was talked about as a detailed memory of historical times. I suppose if I was anticipating a love story I would have been enraptured by her story but was expecting something more along the lines of "The Hiding Place". I am determined to read it again with a different expectation, we shall see!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Very interesting first-hand account of activities of the Dutch Resistance movement during WWII. Eman & her fiancé were founding members of one of the (many) resistance groups that helped hide Jews from the Nazis. Co-writer James Schaap does a nice job of interspersing excerpts from Eman's diaries and letters; her story reads as though she were sitting in your living room reciting her memories to you. Very moving.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book provided an unusual vantage of faith in the One Who hates evil and gives us strength to triumph over it. It provides an honest attempt to disclose one person's true thoughts and feelings during a time of true danger and treachery. It is rare to find such a mixture of courage and uncensored honesty.Perhaps during our own journey of faith it will encourage us that "He will never leave us nor forsake us."
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