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A snake on the heart : history, mystery, and truth : the entangled journeys of a biographer and his Nazi subject / Patrick Shane Wolfe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolfe, Patrick Shane, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Military campaigns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (425 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario : Iguana Books, [2023]
- Summary:
- Jan Jürgen (John) Petersen was a charismatic man who some thought of as a spiritual guru.Petersen's charm helped him survive the five-year Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.But beneath his genial exterior was a darker side.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Themes
- Prologue
- Part One: Prewar: The Years Prior to the Nazi Occupation of the Netherlands
- 1 John's Father: Imagined and Real
- 2 A New Non-father and the Issue of Belonging
- 3 John's Childhood and Youth: Fact and Fiction
- 4 Hitlermania and the Larger World
- 5 Nationality and Nautical School
- 6 At Sea: A Scuttled Career
- 7 Ko Elhorst, Frie, and the Hole at the Heart of the Story
- 8 Susan and the Guru
- Part Two: War and Occupation
- 9 The German Invasion and the Five-day War
- 10 Adapting to Changed Circumstances
- 11 SS Training
- 12 Muddled and Mysterious, John Makes His Own Way in the SS
- 13 John, Constant, and Wim The Holocaust in Holland and the Dutch Resistance
- 14 The Schutzgruppe, the Economy, and Questions of Survival and Sanity
- 15 Anak, the Intelligence Service, and Private Food Forays
- 16 John Is Investigated-Or So He Claimed
- 17 The Tide of War and the Tsunamis That Nearly Drowned the Netherlands
- 18 Hans, the Child Warrior
- 19 The Dead Corner and Its Return to Life
- Part Three: Postwar: Internment, Release, and Readjustment
- 20 The Brothers Are Arrested
- 21 Scheveningen Prison
- 22 The Dark Cell
- 23 Playing the Fool with Canadian Soldiers
- 24 Duindorp
- 25 Muiden
- 26 The Hospital
- 27 John's Case
- 28 Readjustment and Other Challenges
- Part Four: Canada: The Final Chapters
- 29 The Truth Behind the Facade
- 30 The Other Book
- 31 A Mystic Ceremony
- Epilogue
- Author's Note
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 Pieter Schelte Heerema
- Appendix 2 The Rest of John Heymans's Wartime Story
- Appendix 3 JOHN PETERSEN AND THE POST-MORTEM REALMS
- Acknowledgements
- Selected Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wolfe, Patrick Shane A Snake on the Heart
- ISBN:
- 9781771806176
- OCLC:
- 1373983769
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