The Walls Came Tumbling Down (novel)

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The Walls Came Tumbling Down (novel)

The Walls Came Tumbling Down is a memoir written by Henriette Roosenburg. It was published in 1957.[1] She and her friends Nel, Joke and Dries were political prisoners in Waldheim. The story tells about their voyage back home from their release by a Russian soldier on May 6th, 1945 until their reunion with their families in the Netherlands at June 13, 1945.

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First edition (publ. Viking Press)

Characters

  • Jet Roosenburg ("Zip") 28-year-old female narrator, caught March 1944.
  • Nel Lind 30, female, caught November 1943
  • Joke Folmer (pronounced "Yo-kuh") 20, female, caught May 1944
  • Dries 26, male, caught April 1944

References

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