Judas
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- € 10,99
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- € 10,99
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En kendt gangster, der soler sig i sin berømmelse. Hans søster, der kender den iskolde sandhed om ham og frygter for sit liv. Et retssystem, der ikke er i stand til af få manden bag tremmer uden tre kvinders livsfarlige indsats, og en familiehistorie, der er så brutal og så tragisk, at bogen om den har rystet Holland og er blevet en sensation af en bestseller både nationalt og internationalt.
Willem Holleeder blev i 1983 dømt for at stå bag kidnapningen af den hollandske øl-millionær Freddy Heineken. Sagen gik verden rundt, og Willem henrettede senere sin egen svoger, der var medskyldig i kidnapningen og som lige inden han blev skudt, gav Willem øgenavnet Judas. Astrid Holleeder har i hele perioden været så tæt på sin bror, at hun uden tøven kalder ham seriemorder, og hendes vidneudsagn har ført til, at hun nu lever med en konstant dødstrussel hængende over hovedet.
Judas er en rystende beretning om en barndom fyldt med vold og overgreb. Først fra en alkoholiseret far og dernæst fra broren Willem, der i over tredive år holdt Holleeder-familien i et mafialignende jerngreb.
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In an exhaustive account, Holleeder the sister of Dutch crime boss Willem "The Nose" Holleeder reveals her role in the investigation that put her brother behind bars. The youngest of four, Holleeder outlines how childhood abuse led to Willem's cruelty, writing that she and her siblings were "all prisoners of my father's madness." In 1983, when Holleeder was in her late teens, Willem and his friend Cor van Hout kidnapped Freddy Heineken, CEO of Heineken Brewing, and ransomed him. Both Willem and Cor were sent to prison for the crime, and the high-profile ordeal embroiled the entire Holleeder family especially Holleeder's older sister, Sonja, who had a baby with Cor and later married him. Holleeder writes, "In the court of public opinion, we'd all become criminals." After their release from prison in 1992, Willem and Cor went on to oversee an empire of corruption, with Holleeder serving as a confidante to both men. Years later, when Willem ordered the murder of Cor and threatened to kill Sonja, Holleeder turned on her brother. Holleeder's detailed transcripts of secretly taped conversations with Willem add an element of intrigue, as does the afterword in which Holleeder addresses her brother directly, writing, "Wim, I still love you," even as he attempts to coordinate her murder from his prison cell to prevent her from testifying against him. Written while awaiting her brother's trial, Holleeder's engrossing story reads like the last will and testament of a dead woman walking.
