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The Prisoners of Breendonk

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Fort Breendonk was built in the early 1900s to protect Antwerp, Belgium, from possible German invasion. Damaged at the start of World War I, it fell into disrepair . . . until the Nazis took it over after their invasion of Belgium in 1940. Never designated an official concentration camp by the SS and instead labeled a "reception" camp where prisoners were held until they were either released or transported, Breendonk was no less brutal. About 3,600 prisoners were held there—just over half of them survived. As one prisoner put it, "I would prefer to spend nineteen months at Buchenwald than nineteen days at Breendonk."
With access to the camp and its archives and with rare photos and artwork, James M. Deem pieces together the story of the camp by telling the stories of its victims—Jews, communists, resistance fighters, and common criminals—for the first time in an English-language publication. Leon Nolis's haunting photography of the camp today accompanies the wide range of archival images.
The story of Breendonk is one you will never forget.

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Publisher: HarperCollins

Kindle Book

  • Release date: August 4, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9780544556447
  • File size: 119043 KB
  • Release date: August 4, 2015

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9780544556447
  • File size: 120248 KB
  • Release date: August 4, 2015

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ATOS Level:8.3
Lexile® Measure:1100
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:7-9

Fort Breendonk was built in the early 1900s to protect Antwerp, Belgium, from possible German invasion. Damaged at the start of World War I, it fell into disrepair . . . until the Nazis took it over after their invasion of Belgium in 1940. Never designated an official concentration camp by the SS and instead labeled a "reception" camp where prisoners were held until they were either released or transported, Breendonk was no less brutal. About 3,600 prisoners were held there—just over half of them survived. As one prisoner put it, "I would prefer to spend nineteen months at Buchenwald than nineteen days at Breendonk."
With access to the camp and its archives and with rare photos and artwork, James M. Deem pieces together the story of the camp by telling the stories of its victims—Jews, communists, resistance fighters, and common criminals—for the first time in an English-language publication. Leon Nolis's haunting photography of the camp today accompanies the wide range of archival images.
The story of Breendonk is one you will never forget.

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  • Details

    Publisher:
    HarperCollins

    Kindle Book
    Release date: August 4, 2015

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780544556447
    File size: 119043 KB
    Release date: August 4, 2015

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780544556447
    File size: 120248 KB
    Release date: August 4, 2015

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  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 8.3
    Lexile® Measure: 1100
    Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    Text Difficulty: 7-9
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