Mona Parsons

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From privilege to prison, from Nova Scotia to Nazi Europe Written by Andrea Hill The story of this Canadian Dutch woman is remarkable. With its 2023 Remembrance Day 92 cents postal stamp, Canada Post gave her largely unknown story nation-wide a new 'leash-on life'. From all accounts of WWII history, Mona Parsons seems to be the only Canada-born woman who endured Nazi vengeance in German concentration camps. Even more remarkable, she was Hitler's guest for a long four years and lived to tell it. Additionally, the reason for Hitler's 'hospitality' to her was her resistance to Nazi dictatorship by offering hiding places in her home in the Netherlands to downed Allied aircrew members. Even as a young girl growing up in small town Nova Scotia, Mona Parsons stood out for her elegance, self-confidence, and theatrical flair.But the life of this Wolfville native has always overshadowed her stage roles. From a Nova Scotia, Canada childhood, Mona became a 1920s New York chorus girl, a Depression-era nurse, the wife of a Dutch millionaire, a member of a WWII Dutch war-time resistance group, a concentration camp prisoner, and – playing the role of her life – escaped, an emaciated fugitive who pushed herself to keep walking till she would meet Allied soldiers.She regained her freedom when she stumbled into the arms of advancing Canadian soldiers… from Nova Scotia. While the war was over for her, the battles on other fronts – as the book explains - were not. Hardcover, 182 pages, Hardcover with jacket, Illustrated. 'A general Dutch WWII heritage title.' Show more