The Walls Came Tumbling Down (novel) explained

The Walls Came Tumbling Down is a memoir written by Henriette Roosenburg. It was published in 1957.^[1] She and her friends Nel, Joke and Dries were political prisoners in Waldheim. The story tells about their voyage back home from their release by a Russian soldier on May 6th, 1945 until their reunion with their families in the Netherlands at June 13, 1945.

Characters

• Jet Roosenburg ("Zip")  - 28-year-old female narrator, caught March 1944.
• Nel Lind  - 30, female, caught November 1943
• Joke Folmer (pronounced "Yo-kuh")  - 20, female, caught May 1944
• Dries  - 26, male, caught April 1944

References

1. Web site: Henriette Roosenburg . The walls came tumbling down . Open Library . 18813264M . 2014-02-25.