Jan Makkreel’s Memoir Shows Readers of the Burden and Damage of War and Occupation

Through ghostwriter, Rober Graef, Jan Makkreel writes about his vivid recollection about the story of his past under the Nazi-occupation in the Netherlands. Readers will find the author and his family’s struggles during the war from a non-combatant perspective.
 
In the pages of “Under the Shadow of the Swastika,” Makkreel opens up about what his family went through after the war broke. He recalls living in fear but never losing hope and faith in humanity and most of all, their undying patriotism. This memoir will provide a glimpse of how times of war can affect and leave wounds among its survivors that may not be healed or forgotten.
 
Makkreel narrates how he and his family struggles to survive after the German forces successfully occupied Rotterdam. He also shares how he was drawn into assisting Jews, illegally transporting food, and smuggling information and false documents in his teenage years. Eventually, true Nazis wrongly accused him of being a traitor that he ends up in prison.
 
Facing imprisonment, Makkreel went through experiences that tested him as a man. After eighteen months, he was cleared from all his accusations to be released in a society that views him only as an ex-convict. Indeed, Makkreel’s remarkable journey reveals the horrors that many people went through under the Nazi control and dictatorship as well as highlighting the effects it brought among all survivors during this great war.
 
Makkreel’s wartime memoir will soon join the display during the 2019 Association of College Research and Libraries in Cleveland, Ohio. Happening on April 10-12, 2019, this literary gathering is a wonderful opportunity for “Under the Shadow of the Swastika” to reach out to a wider audience. Those who wish to purchase the book may get a copy through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Under-Shadow-Swastika-Jan-Makkreel/dp/1949981118/.
 
Under the Shadow of The Swastika
Author: Jan Makkreel (ghostwritten by Robert Graef)
Published date: January 29, 2019
Published by ReadersMagnet
Paperback price: $15.05
 
 
About the Author
Jan Makkreel was born on 1926 in Rotterdam, Holland and had a very happy childhood until war broke out. He and his brother had to scramble for food of any kind during the war to keep their family fed while their father worked. He also secretly helped the Jews in his neighborhood who were still hiding, which was very dangerous. After the end of the war, he and his father were interned for a year and a half at AMERSFOORT Prison Camp for alleged Nazi collaboration. They were released after being proven innocent but the neighbors were not convinced. Jan could not return to school nor gain employment. He decided to go to Canada where he and his brother began their own businesses. Over the years, he opened a string of piano stores and tuned and restored pianos.
 
 

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