Long Shall You Live

Long Shall You Live is a memoir following the lives of a young couple, Mienus and Suze, during the Nazi occupation of Holland during WWII. It traces Mienus' involvement in the Dutch Resistance in Vlaardingen and Rotterdam as a young patriot, and his subsequent struggle to survive the horrors of Buchenwald Concentration Camp. This story shares the love and the faith of these first-generation survivors following their liberation, and the challenges they face immigrating to the United States. The book continues with the personal story of the author's life as a second-generation survivor and the fulfillment of the commitment she made to her parents to "Never forget what happened, and never let it happen again."