Appel is Forever: A Child's Memoir

Born in Amsterdam in 1935, Suzanne Mehler Whiteley saw the ravages of war through a child's eyes. Her memoir, written in the voice of a young girl, describes the years before the invasion of Holland, her experiences during the German occupation, her time spent in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, and her childhood afterward in Europe and then the United States.

Appel Is Forever describes in a child's words atrocities that should never be seen by anyone. Through young Suzanne's intro…