The Prisoners of Breendonk: Personal Histories from a World War II Concentration Camp

by James M. Deem

Book Overview

Fort Breendonk was built in the early 1900s to protect Antwerp, Belgium, from possible German invasion. Damaged at the start of World War I, it fell into disrepair . . . until the Nazis took it over after their invasion of Belgium in 1940. Never designated an official concentration camp by the SS and instead labeled a "reception" camp where prisoners were held until they were either released or transported, Breendonk was no less brutal. About 3,600...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544096649
• ISBN13: 9780544096646
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher