Night and Fog: How two families overcome starvation and imprisonment in Holland during World War II, through resistance, faith, and discovered love. Paperback – December 9, 2025

Drawn from newly discovered letters, documents, and family artifacts, Paul Kluvers shares the harrowing tale of his family’s fight for survival in the Netherlands during WWII. Awakened to explosions of bombs near her home, seventeen-year-old Maria and her family find themselves navigating the ever-tightening noose of the Nazi occupation that forces the family to suffer through years of unthinkable cruelty and starvation.Maria’s older brother, Kees, in the Dutch Navy, watches helplessly as a fascist regime takes over his country. Like many of his fellow citizens, he joins the resistance but is caught and imprisoned. He becomes lost in the darkness of Hitler’s Night and Fog decree, and no one knows his fate, adding to the family’s agony.Elsewhere in Holland, Bert is a young engineer who must work in a factory as part of Germany’s war machine. Despite this, he forms a resistance group that helps fugitives flee oppression. As fate would have it, Bert and Maria cross paths and fall hopelessly in love. However, they must now fight another battle against social norms and a disapproving church.How these three real-life characters navigate the unthinkable tyrannies of war will determine the future of their families and generations to come. Read more