A Moment of Silence Author:Pierre Janssen translated by William R. Tyler with photographs by Hans Samson. The subject of this book is the suffering and heroism of the dauntless people of the Netherlands in World War II. This book was originally written for the young people of the Netherlands by Pierre Janssen, a teacher of Fine Arts, who presents this subject on Dutch television. H... more »is object in the book is to show, through a consideration of Dutch war memorials, the effects of war on his own people so that the children of his nation would know the past and be careful of the future. But the book he has written goes beyond the limits of one land to make a powerful plea to all people for peace and for the guarding of human freedoms. Most of the black and white photographs are of sculptures.« less