The Walls Came Tumbling Down (memoir)

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.

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

1. Henriette Roosenburg. "The walls came tumbling down". Open Library. OL 18813264M. Retrieved 2014-02-25.