My Name Is Selma: The remarkable memoir of a Jewish Resistance fighter and Ravensbruck survivor

A tale of hope, courage and resilience, this is the internationally bestselling memoir of a Dutch Jewish Resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor.

Selma van de Perre was seventeen when World War Two began. Until then, being Jewish in the Netherlands had been of no consequence. But by 1941 it had become a matter of life or death. Several times, Selma avoided being rounded up by the Nazis. Then, in an act of defiance, she joined the Resistance movement, using the pseudonym Margareta van der Kuit and passing as Aryan. ‘Marga’ risked it all. With fake ID, she travelled around the country sharing information and newsletters, keeping up morale - doing what ‘had to be done’. In July 1944 her luck ran out. She was transported to Ravensbr ck concentration camp as a political prisoner. Unlike her parents and sister - who died in other camps - she survived by using her alias, pretending to be someone else. It was only after the war ended that she was allowed to reclaim her identity and dared to say once again- My name is Selma. Now, at ninety-eight, Selma remains a force of nature. This is her story in her own words.