My Holocaust, Too
In My Holocaust, Too, Maurits de Bruijn examines how his mother’s ordeals influenced his own life.
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Original title
Ook mijn Holocaust
Author
Maurits de Bruijn
It wasn’t until he was an adult that he discovered, during a trip to Israel, that his mother was Jewish, and that, naturally, this made him Jewish too. When they were deported, her parents had entrusted his mother to Christian neighbours, who ended up raising her. With candour and irony, De Bruijn describes how this history had a knock-on effect.
'My Holocaust, Too' is a tender account of a journey, a family and a life. A book to treasure.
Trouw
This personal account draws you in and makes you think.
Nederlands Dagblad
Maurits de Bruijn
Maurits de Bruijn (b. 1984) is a writer, podcaster and editor. Earlier books include Man maakt stuk (Man Breaks, 2024) shortlisted for the Libris prize and Ook mijn holocaust (My Holocaust Too, 2020) on intergenerational trauma. For the past year he has been a prominent voice in the public debate about Israel and Palestine, speaking at fundraisers and also at the Homomonument memorial service in Amsterdam.