Rating: Not rated
Tags: Biography, Lang:en
Summary
Born before the Depression in the Netherlands, a teenager
when WWII began, a soldier in Indonesia in his twenties and an
immigrant to New Zealand in the 1950’s with his bride to
be. Through his diaries and letters home, Klaas gives us
insight into life from his perspective within the context of
the political turmoil of the time. Having been written in
Dutch, Klaas set about translating these memories into English,
a lengthy process spanning over 20 years until shortly before
his death in 2014. **