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Gr 8 Up—This title sheds light on the Nazi prison camp Breendonk. Never designated as a concentration camp, Breendonk (an old fort intended to defend Antwerp, Belgium, in World War I) was referred to as a "reception" camp. Regardless of its title, Breendonk held about 3,600 prisoners between 1940 and 1945. Jews, communists, common criminals, and freedom fighters all fou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

When the Nazis invaded Belgium, they turned Breendonk, an old WWI fort, into a “reception” camp, a place to hold prisoners until their release or transport to other camps. Deem tells a chronological history of Breendonk by weaving together dozens of personal histories, illustrated by black-and-white period photographs, full-color contemporary photographs, and...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

When the Nazis invaded Belgium, they turned WWI fort Breendonk into a "reception" camp to hold prisoners until their release or transport to other camps. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This compelling, well-written account focuses on a Nazi prison camp in Belgium that, although never officially designated as a concentration camp, was considered to be "no less notorious, no less a black hell" than Auschwitz or Buchenwald. James M. Deem never sensationalizes the tragedies he recounts, and while many of the prisoners' stories are heart...Log In or Sign Up to Read More