12 in 40: World War II through teenage eyes

The captivating book for the Canvas series on WWII through teenage eyes An unbiased look at the Second World War through the eyes of the dwindling number of Flemish people who were teenagers in 1940. A richly furnished supplement to the documentary series on Canvas. For the 75th anniversary of the start of WWII, historians Ilse Nollet and Luc Peiren collected the testimonies of sixteen Flemish people who experienced the war up close. They were all between nine and fifteen years old when the Germans invaded our country. They followed the war with eager and unbiased teenage eyes, resulting in gripping and sometimes funny anecdotes. The thematically structured book brings small and big history, with beautiful photo portraits of the witnesses.