Fields of Orange — A True Welsh Love Story

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Gwyliodd Johanna Francis y Natsïaid yn cipio Amsterdam, lle roedd ei theulu cefnog yn weithgar gyda'r 'resistance', yn gwarchod teulu Iddewig ac yn rhedeg papur tanddaearol er bod pencadlys y Gestapo ar yr un stryd. Yn dilyn y rhyfel, priododd ffermwr tlawd o Gymro ac mae hanes eu carwriaeth yn rhyfeddol. 57 o luniau.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Johanna Francis watched the Nazis take Amsterdam, her wealthy family active in the resistance, sheltering a Jewish family and running an underground newspaper despite the Gestapo HQ in their street. After the war, she married a penniless Welsh farmer and theirs was a truly remarkable love story. 57 photographs.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Johanna Francis (née Dooyeweerd) was born in Amsterdam in 1936 to an extremely well-to-do family, daughter of one of the most famous philosophers of all time. She survived Nazi occupation in World War II and went on to marry a penniless Welsh farmer in an incredible love match that lasted for the rest of their lives. She died in 2021 on the farm in Wales, after a singularly devoted and extraordinary relationship. Editor Stephen Jones is a rugby writer, journalist and author of Midnight Rugby , Dragon in Exile , On My Knees and Behind the Lions . He won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award for his book, Endless Winter .

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Johanna Francis (née Dooyeweerd) was born in Amsterdam in 1936 to an extremely well-to-do family, daughter of one of the most famous philosophers of all time. She watched the German tanks roll in as the Nazis took Holland and the family was active in the resistance to the occupation throughout the war, sheltering a Jewish family and running an underground newspaper which Johanna hid in her underwear – even though the Gestapo headquarters were just across the street. They went through the privations of Hunger Winter when they had to eat tulips, and the Gestapo interrogated her father four times. Coming to the UK in her late teens after the war, she met a penniless Welsh farmer and within two days, they decided to get married. They had a huge society wedding in Amsterdam, but her new husband Bob was so poor that on their first night together on the Welsh farm, in a freezing tumbledown house, she cut up her wedding dress to make curtains. Despite their financial difficulties, they only grew closer and more inseparable as the decades passed, and the tale of their life together is a truly remarkable love story.