Introduction 1. Tante Ella. The “Family Secret” revealed2. Searching for her Brother’s Name3. Mauthausen Concentration Camp 4. Pilgrimage to Mauthausen, 1998 5. Georg Fr hlich and Edith Nissen 6. Childhood of Andreas and Sabine 7. Germany, 1930–38 8. Sabine’s Memories of the Rise of Nazism 9. Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass 10. Nazi Edicts after Kristallnacht: The Vise tightens 11. Sabine and Andreas evacuated to England 12. Move to the Netherlands 13. WWII starts, trapping the Fröhlichs 14. The Fr hlichs move to Amsterdam Photos 15. The Germans invade, Andreas murdered in Mauthausen16. Nazi Restrictions on Jews tighten 17. Sabine in Hiding, Edith’s Arrest 18. Return to Amsterdam, the “Worst Time” 19. Sabine hospitalized, hides in Agnes Nolte’s Attic 20. Sabine in North Holland 21. A Series of Hiding Places and Meeting Cor Schipper 22. The Schipper and Buis Families 23. Oom Cor arrested, Hidden Persons relocated 24. The Schaper Family: “My Most Pleasant Hiding Place”25. Crazy Tuesday, Cor Schipper goes into Hiding 26. Cor’s Work with the Mandrill Resistance Cell 27. Sabine’s last Hiding Place, the “Elastic House” Postscript Post-Postscript Notes AcknowledgmentsFurther Reading Amsterdam Publishers About the AuthorThis is the story of Sabine Fröhlich and the harrowing experiences of her family during the Nazi regime - experiences she did not disclose to her children for decades.This is the story of Sabine Fröhlich and the harrowing experiences of her family during the Nazi regime - experiences she did not disclose to her children for decades. Sabine was raised as Catholic with her brother Andreas. As a result, she did not understand that the rapidly emerging antisemitic propaganda would be applied to her family, including her father, a decorated German WWI veteran. She first becomes aware of her Jewish heritage when her brother is not allowed to join the popular Hitler Youth. After Kristallnacht, her family flees Germany hoping for US visas, only to become trapped in the Netherlands when the Germans invade.In June 1941, the Nazis seize her brother as hostage for an act of sabotage, deporting him to Mauthausen where he perishes within months. As the mass deportation of Jews from Amsterdam accelerates, Andreas’ friends help Sabine and her parents find hiding places in the North Holland countryside where they live under false names and must move multiple times for their safety.Sabine’s Odyssey is a beautifully painful memoir written by Agnes Schipper in honor of her mother’s life during World War II and of her father, a member of the Dutch Resistance. In it, Agnes retells the story of her mother’s struggles during her hidden years. Yet this is not merely a story of struggle, but one of kindness, courage, and resistance. This memoir gives voice to those who stayed silent for years.This is the story of Sabine Fröhlich and the harrowing experiences of her family during the Nazi regime - experiences she did not disclose to her children for decades. Sabine was raised as Catholic with her brother Andreas. As a result, she did not understand that the rapidly emerging antisemitic propaganda would be applied to her family, including her father, a decorated German WWI veteran. She first becomes aware of her Jewish heritage when her brother is not allowed to join the popular Hitler Youth. After Kristallnacht, her family flees Germany hoping for US visas, only to become trapped in the Netherlands when the Germans invade.In June 1941, the Nazis seize her brother as hostage for an act of sabotage, deporting him to Mauthausen where he perishes within months. As the mass deportation of Jews from Amsterdam accelerates, Andreas’ friends help Sabine and her parents find hiding places in the North Holland countryside where they live under false names and must move multiple times for their safety.Sabine’s Odyssey is a beautifully painful memoir written by Agnes Schipper in honor of her mother’s life during World War II and of her father, a member of the Dutch Resistance. In it, Agnes retells the story of her mother’s struggles during her hidden years. Yet this is not merely a story of struggle, but one of kindness, courage, and resistance. This memoir gives voice to those who stayed silent for years.