Title: The power of 'Hidden Letters'

" In 1997 a -- demolition expert found a bundle of papers hidden in the ceiling of the house in east -- Amsterdam. Iraq 86 of them written by young Jewish man. Philip Philip flip with his nicknames cleared his parents -- to seventeen in Germany invaded the Netherlands and he and many of his friends and we were sent to forced labor camps. And ultimately to concentration camps. His letters have been compared to the diary and frank and they've been compiled this book called hidden letters. I didn't miss -- and he and shine thank you both so much for joining us things here and different is this your first cut it. Unbelievable before going -- would you mind being an excerpt from me letters."

" Pa and ma today at the front of me when parents is said to Vista book and the sun or go to. Chooses to do -- mean neat with them. This doesn't separated and the boys -- go offices and two ways separately. If this is really true and it seems to me of course stationery use to me coming human face to be separated -- visited. You must understand that if we could be to get that I would not -- to date for amendment. On the country it would do me good adults and the other way around it to support you. On the other hand I don't know how long -- wrote I may still stay here in the cat but I can always take care of myself. Until the end of the war extraordinary what happened to your cousin -- and where it ran away from the captain. Just people that gene -- rounded up everybody in the camps. And with hidden promises news file in the -- of the Catholic. He then went back to Amsterdam where do we believe. He's so his parents because he lived not far away. And was hidden. And was trying to get to Switzerland to me to books about -- management. And was it race did. At the railways stations his arrest papers say for not wearing -- it is and fade to. Okay concentration camp in hard and cold -- And prominent activist -- the exit -- And from it yourself Drupal which was not a concentration camp protested that -- you arrived in the guest. And that's that we assume that's what happened there. It's terrific story and and you are accomplishment by -- to your husband. One day this arrives at your doorstep basically somebody finds these letters. Who doesn't like for you when you went through them for the first time knowing that the same blood runs through your -- What it goes so it was a bit at least pitches. And that's just getting them in looking at him but as -- rent them. They came alive and his personality came up. And I don't panic I ended of these people I've got a fair grounds of them on my -- it -- And say put -- pictures and then after an ignorant I want I knew nothing about the German occupation. And -- at -- talent isn't exactly an MD. And -- percentage that is looked at the -- consider what you do in the book that well and I think 12. And he got sucked in and he does -- and he -- it's extraordinary read and you think you were actually surprised by the response."

" That's correct it's the breadth of the response the fact that it appeals to. Many different sorts of people many different religions. Took him back -- Yes I mean generally you expect them Jews would be fascination with the public calls for -- other people most of us for all of it. It's the other way around of this book finishes in so."

" Now what ever happened to the letters and so are you going to keep -- that they cleared donate them to holocaust museum. Seed -- is when they would have to the former MP diminishing company. He took them to the war -- kind. And institute apps that again and that's -- and that's what I think they should stay they've been on -- did you ever by any chance talked to that."

" Portman and can you imagine an -- if we did yeah a lot of cameras and out of the room and ended. I think very bad between an inch deep throat. Yes and relentlessly that amounts to giant endowment."

" And then then within the dead in -- resident vision after visited him say is that she is deeply moved when he found these two bungled some lessons. And whereas normally he sees two bundles in the magic you would throw them away season because she took them home. And the rhythm and tonight is deeply moved and I could feel the boy is increasing through the period. And he then gave them to the Dutch archives on condition that they found out what happens what happens of the and has found me. And this book is as I'm so."

" Extraordinary and it's amazing that they were hidden to hit newsletters is the title. You don't want to miss and can people find just about anywhere including Amazon and aren't -- book signing an agent coming up mounting that we couldn't get -- a lot of pleasure and an honor it is to have joined us this morning thinking about you"