The Jews In Our Closet

Calvin Romeyn

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FriesenPress
17 September 2024

The heartbreaking true story of how a sheltered, small-town family sacrificed everything to join the Netherlands' fiercest resistance fighters of World War II.

SPRING 1940. The German Army occupies the Netherlands. No longer a theoretical conflict heard only on radio broadcasts, the war has now reached Apeldoorn. For eleven-year-old Rei Hulstein and his friends and siblings, their innocent childhoods abruptly end.

When Gestapo soldiers begin to round up Dutch Jews, Rei's father, Hendrikus, a humble furniture-maker, joins with his cohorts to form a resistance group known as The Underground. In the Hulsteins' tiny home, Rei's closet transforms into a hidden sanctuary-a secret room-between-rooms. This concealed space becomes a lifeline, providing refuge to Jewish families fleeing their occupiers during the tumultuous times of war.

D-Day comes and goes, but the Second World War rages on. Will the atrocities yet to come shake Rei's faith in his family's noble cause?

A thought-provoking novel based on the author's great-uncle Rei's memoir, The Quiet Man, and interweaving other firsthand accounts he has gathered over the years, The Jews in Our Closet teaches the value of doing what is right and loving your neighbour, even when it costs you everything.

By: Calvin Romeyn
Imprint: FriesenPress
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 517g
ISBN: 9781038322166
ISBN 10: 1038322162
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 17 September 2024
Recommended Age: From 13 to 18 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

CALVIN ROMEYN works in the Vancouver motion picture industry as a VFX artist and has contributed to many of Hollywood's biggest films. He is also involved in the independent filmmaking community as a writer, director, actor, mentor, and all-around storyteller. Calvin's short films have garnered viral success, including his latest award-winning film, Firmware, which is distributed through Gunpowder & Sky's premiere curated brand: DUST. Calvin lives in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, with his wife and two young sons, where he enjoys hockey, motorcycling, and playing piano.