The Cut Out Girl: A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: The Costa Book of the Year 2018 by Bart van EsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
On the surface, you'd think Lien was one of the "lucky ones" - rather than hiding away in an attic like Anne Frank or being sent to one of the camps, she spent the war living with foster families. But, the truth is more complex. Yes, she survived relatively unscathed but she had to deal with the trauma of losing most of her family, never being able to tell anyone who she was (i.e. Jewish), and being at the mercy of those who were supposed to be protecting her. Unsurprising, the war cast a long shadow on the rest of her life.
I have read several books about the Holocaust and I never stop being shocked at its horrors. This book, for example, highlights how Holland's Jewish population were almost completely wiped out. I assumed that to be the case with the German Jewish population but I just didn't realise that was the case with the occupied countries as well.
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