David Groen has taken his extensive knowledge of Jewish history and combined it with information gathered by subjects and relatives to the parties spoken of in the story from both the United States and the Netherlands. His unique style combines the important documentation of critical historical events with a heartfelt storytelling technique that reads as an historical novel.
As the youngest child of the book's main subjects, Nardus and Sipora Groen, he has had the benefit of a lifetime of the accounts of the events which took place and the access needed for more specific and detailed information gathering. His passionate desire to let the world know the most significant events to take place in the lives of his parents specifically between 1940-1945 in Nazi occupied Holland, translates into a sometimes thrilling and often emotional literary experience. David currently resides in Queens, NY where he has lived since 1987. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and has lived for 3 1/2 years in Jerusalem, Israel, 4 years in London, England, and 7 years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.