Got a copy of the book I translated in the mail today! Van Rijn’s The Orphans of Amsterdam (‘De crèche’ in Dutch) is a historical novel set in Amsterdam during the German occupation and tells the story of Elizabeth Oudkerk, a young nursery school teacher working at the nursery on Plantage Middenlaan opposite the Hollandsche Schouwburg, where Jewish people awaiting deportation were kept by the Nazis. During the war, the nursery served as an annex to the theatre for keeping the children of those who had been imprisoned or killed, but it was also a site of resistance: at great personal risk, the nursery staff worked with people of the Dutch resistance to help Jewish children find families to go into hiding and avoid deportation. It is a story of bravery and humanity in history’s darkest hour, and I am honoured to have done my part in giving this story the wider readership it deserves.