ABOUT THE AUTHOR At the outbreak of World War II, Leesha Rose was finishing high-school in The Hague. The Nazi invasion of Holland in 1940 disrupted her plans and changed the entire direction of her life. Her parents and her two brothers were deported to concentration camps, Auschwitz and Sobibor. She worked as a nurse in Jewish hospitals in Amsterdam and escaped deportation on three separate occasions at great risk to ber life. In 1943 she became active in the Dutch Resistance assuming a new name and identity. Besides finding hiding-places for hundreds of Jews and feeding and caring for them, Leesha participated in underground activities against the Nazi oppressor. At war's end she learned from the Red Cross that her parents and brothers had been annihilated. She began medical studies at the University of Amsterdam while engaged in helping to smuggle Jews to Israel. In 1950 and 1951 she was a social worker in the new State of Israel and worked with the olim who had arrived on the `Magic Carpet' from Yemen and North Africa. In the United States until 1973 she taught in schools in Long Island, New York, and was a leader in organizations devoted to education and social work. In 1983, she was awarded the Resistance Medal by the Dutch Government in recognition of her participation in the Dutch Resistance during World War 11. In 1984, she received the Yad Vashem Medal in recognition of her dedicated service. In ""The Tulips Are Red", Leesha Rose describes her life in Holland during the years 1940-45 under Nazi occupation. This remarkable true account, written by the woman who lived through it, is an incredible story of intrigue; adventure, love, hate, courage, anguish, and ultimately, triumph. It sheds new light on the strength of a people subjected to the worst atrocities and oppression, as well as the courage of the many Dutch Gentiles who risked hiding Jews in their homes.
