| Foreword : Christopher R. Browning |
xi |
| Map of the Netherlands |
xii |
| Beginnings |
xiii |
| Background |
1 |
| 1 HETTY VOÛTE Invincible Summer |
19 |
| 2 HEILTJE KOOISTR AFaith Like a Rock |
45 |
| 3 RUT MATTHIJSEN Chemistry of Compassion |
63 |
| 4 GISELA SÖHNLEIN On Wings of Song |
75 |
| 5 CLARA DIJKSTRA Divine Mother |
85 |
| 6 KEES VEENSTRAJust the Human Thing to Do |
105 |
| 7 JANET KALFF A Glimpse of Grace |
127 |
| 8 PIETER MEERBURG Mastermind of the Heart |
133 |
| 9 MIEKE VERMEER Staring Truth in the Face |
157 |
| 10 THEO LEENDERS Laughing It All Away |
169 |
| 11 THE HEART HAS REASONS |
193 |
| 12 REFLECTIONS |
209 |
| Endings |
215 |
| Comments and Acknowledgments |
217 |
| Endnotes |
221 |
| Source Materials Bibliography |
235 |