Johanna Reiss
Johanna Reiss , (born April 4, 1932 in Winterswijk as Annie de Leeuw ) is a Dutch Holocaust survivor, contemporary witness and children's book author . She became known through the book De schuilplaats , in which she describes life as a persecuted underground person in the village of Usselo near Enschede during the Second World War . Several of her books have been translated into German.
After the war, Johanna Reiss emigrated to the United States , where she married Jim Reiss.
In 2017 Reiss visited the Humberghaus in Westmünsterland and presented her books, as their themes and those of the historical site are similar.
Works
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The Upstairs Room. 1972
- Übers. Inge M. Artl: And heaven in the window. Youth novel. Benziger, Cologne 1975, numerous. Ed.
- Neuübers. Nina Frey: And heaven in the window. A true story. dtv, Munich 2015
- De schuilplaats (1974)
- Geen bad jaar (1976)
- The fatal night (1988)
- Een Hidden Leven (2008)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book author Johanna Reiss visits Humberghaus. Visit from Manhattan. Bocholter-Borkener Volksblatt , by Herbert Sekulla, June 19, 2017; In front of the Humberghaus, with a photo
- ^ The Upstairs Room. Retrieved August 3, 2019 (Kirkus Review).
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SURNAME | Reiss, Johanna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leeuw, Annie de (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch Holocaust survivor, contemporary witness and children's book author |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Winterswijk |