My second mother
TitleMy second mother
Author
Call number940.53180922/0137
Object number10399a
Place of publicationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Year of publication
2016
Physical descriptionpp3-12
MaterialArticle
ISBN9780994596048
NotesArticle from the book 'Courage to care: 28 remarkable stories of rescue during World War II Vol.I' pp3-12
Description
Gilah Leder was born to Aaron and Froukeline Vanderhoek in the Netherlands in May 1940. She was a very sickly child, and when it became clear that the family would be sent to a detention camp, they decided to to relinquish her to a Catholic family. Her mother then went into hiding. She was three and a half when her parents came for her, and she resisted going with them. However she did develop a loving relationship with her own mother over time, and has maintained a very close relationship with her second mother