A review by bluefairybug
Edith's Story by Edith Velmans

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

I didn't realise when I first applied to read this book on NetGalley that it was a republication. Edith's Story was originally published in 1998 as 'Edith's Book'. I realised very quickly that I have read this book before, possibly in 1998 so a long time ago. I found it interesting that I remembered some parts with such clarity that it were as if I read it yesterday, and yet have spent rather a long time wracking my brains as to which book some of these events happened in. 

I think this is such an important story to read, and it could almost be considered a companion book to the famous Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. Both Anne and Edith were young, Jewish girls living in The Netherlands. Both kept diaries. Both went into hiding of a sort. But other than that, their experiences were vastly different. Edith was "hidden in plain sight", hiding her true identity rather than her physical self. Thankfully her diaries and letters survived, which, along with her memories, offer a fascinating insight into life not only under occupation, but also as a hidden Jew.