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Preface 1
Introduction 3
Chapter 1 Eda Shapiro Meets Victor Kugler 9
Profile of Victor Kugler 14
Chapter 2 Holland - A Historical Background 17
The Prewar Dutch Jewish Community 18
Holland, Denmark, Finland and the UK - The Fundamental Difference 19
The Rise of Nazism in Prewar Holland and the Dutch Reaction 21
The German Conquest of Holland 23
Chapter 3 Life before the Secret Annex 25
The Early Life of Victor Kugler 25
A Brief Summary of the Rise of German Nazism 31
The Early Life of Otto Frank 31
Anne Frank Prior to the Secret Annex 34
The Evian Conference 35
Holland before 1940 35
Holland under German Rule 36
Reaction by Otto Frank 37
Chapter 4 The Secret Annex 39
The Franks' Lifeline 44
The Security Role of Victor Kugler 47
Betrayal 48
Chapter 5 Arrest, Incarceration and Deportation 51
The Secret Annex Exposed 53
Mitgefangen, Mitgehangen 54
An Old Acquaintance 56
The Moment of Truth 58
Chapter 6 Concentration Camp Prisoner 61
Amersfoort 62
Zwolle 68
Wageningen 71
Escape 77
Chapter 7 Liberation and Revelation 79
The Shattered Remnant 79
The Diary Survives 81
Reticence 83
Chapter 8 Relocation to Canada 87
The Play 88
Retirement 92
Oskar Morawetz's From the Diary of Anne Frank 94
New Friends and Connections 97
Reaching Out in the Community 98
Chapter 9 Honors - Yad Vashem 101
Righteous among the Nations 102
Honors in Toronto 106
Awarded by the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews 106
The CBC-TV Documentary Film 109
"To Be Awarded Together with Ken Taylor" 109
Chapter 10 Conclusion 113
Farewell to a Hero 113
The Life of Lucy Kugler Just before and after Victor's Death 114
The Kuglers' Final Resting Place 116
Epilogue 117
Appendix 1 Chronologies 121
Appendix 2 A Letter of Tribute by Canada's Jewish War Veterans Commander, Sam Pasternak 126
Appendix 3 World War II - Comments by Irving Naftolin 130
Appendix 4 Letter from W. Gunther Plaut 132
About the Compiling Editor 134
Selected Bibliography 136
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Ronald Retsch
reviewed Victor Kugler : The Man Who Hid Anne Frank on December 13, 2009
Victor Kugler : The Man Who Hid Anne Frank
Almost everyone knows the story of Anne Frank. Far fewer people know the story of one of the men who hid her and her family from the Gestapo for 2 years. The mere fact of having his story of bravery be told makes this book worthwhile.
Victor Kugler's story shines brightest when told in his own voice. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen very often. Large portions of the book are taken from the notes of Eda Shapiro, who interviewed Kugler late in his life. This is fine, as far as it goes, but Shapiro's words are also used to give us historical background information on topics such as WWII and the history of Jews in Holland. Surely a more authoritative source could have been found for these subjects.
At least this historical background is interesting. Not so the rest of the book's padding, including descriptions of various dramatic and musical productions of Anne Frank's story that Kugler attended and his reaction to them, and descriptions awards and honors that Kugler was given, including his inclusion among the Righteous Gentiles at Yad Vashem, all well-deserved. I could have lived with a lot less of this extraneous material, especially since Kugler's story stands so well on its own.
FTC disclaimer: I received this book free from the publisher in exchange for this review.
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