Fernie author explores family’s role in Dutch Resistance during WWII

Fernie author explores family’s role in Dutch Resistance during WWII

Fernie writer Frank de Boon has published a book of his family’s extraordinary wartime history, documenting his father’s experience growing up during the Nazi occupation of Holland. My Father’s War is a collection of stories written by Frank’s father Ben de Boon, who grew up in the shadow of conflict as his parents worked for the Dutch Resistance. Ben’s father Cees (Case) smuggled people wanted by the Nazis across a river to help them escape cap…

Fernie author explores family’s role in Dutch Resistance during WWII - Kimberley Bulletin

Fernie writer Frank de Boon has published a book of his family’s extraordinary wartime history, documenting his father’s experience growing up during the Nazi occupation of Holland. My Father’s War is a collection of stories written by Frank’s father Ben de Boon, who grew up in the shadow of conflict as his parents worked for the Dutch Resistance. Ben’s father Cees (Case) smuggled people wanted by the Nazis across a river to help them escape cap…