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product_id: 15665515
title: "End the Silence"
brand: "dorothy readilse evelijn veere smit"
price: "$60.55"
currency: USD
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 9
url: https://www.desertcart.ec/products/15665515-end-the-silence
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region: Ecuador
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# End the Silence

**Brand:** dorothy readilse evelijn veere smit
**Price:** $60.55
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A Powerful and Moving Story
  

*by M***M on Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2012*

End the Silence is a powerful and moving story in the truest sense. It is told by Ilse Evelijn Veere Smit, who takes the reader through her experience in what is now called Indonesia during World War II and after, starting as a young girl. Her experiences are on one hand horrendous and inspiring on the other. The story starts at the time war breaks out and the Japanese invade the Dutch East Indies. Ilse's family goes from togetherness in a privileged life to separation and a desperate struggle to survive in a Japanese concentration camp, where anything that crawled was food. It is here that one marvels at the courage, love and resourcefulness of Ilse and her mother. Together they work to keep themselves and the other three children alive under  the cruel and vicious rule of the Japanese. The children survive, but Ilse's mother doesn't. Things change when the war with Japan ends, but not necessarily for the better, for civil war now reigns. Ilse's aunt, Tante Zus Doyer, finds the children and leads them on a dangerous and difficult trek to find relatives in the mountains, trying to avoid the rebels who want to eradicate all things Dutch. They do find the relatives, but the relief is short lived as the civil war reaches the mountains too and the family must flee again. They are finally rescued by a prominent member of the family, who is in the military and eventually the children are reunited with their father. This reunion, however, is provides little solace for Ilse and she is subjected to more pain and suffering. As a young woman, Ilse falls in love and marries a good man. She finally is able to live the life she has always wanted. That life eventually leads her to America. Though the story is told by Ilse, it is written by Dorothy Read. She does a magnificent job of making the reader feel one is simply having an intimate conversation with Ilse as she tells the story. This truly makes the story come to life.  I highly recommend this book to anyone.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Interesting, tragic and inspiring
  

*by N***1 on Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2018*

I was so moved by the story. I had never learned about this history of Indonesia, so I found this incredibly interesting. It was very powerful to get an intimate view of how these historical events shaped the life of a little girl and her family. Tragic and yet hopeful, an amazing account of the human spirit and will to carry on together. Excellent writing. I am impressed by the bravery of Ilse sharing her story, I hope sharing has helped her to find peace and comfort.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Eye opening history of brutal and meaningless outcomes of war.
  

*by W***A on Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2019*

This memoir, in the girl’s voice of the narrator is written in a wonderful spare style. I was unable to put it down.  Having just visited Amsterdam 60 days ago, her eventual repatriation seemed like a happy high point in the life of a child to young adult growing up in a Japanese concentration camp on Java.  More interesting tales follow.

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