Journey Through the Night (orig. Dutch: Reis door de nacht) is a novel, originally in four volumes (1951–1958), by Dutch author Anne de Vries centering on the impact of the Second World War in the Netherlands on a Christian family. It was translated by Harry der Nederlanden in 1960.
The book is divided into 4 parts:
The main character is Jan (in the translation John) de Boer. He is the eldest son of the family. During World War 2, the 5 year German occupation, he gets involved in the Resistance.
Two years have passed. The family is getting used to the war. But father De Boer joins the Underground Resistance. Jan and his sister Guusje (in the translation Tricia) also get involved. At the end of the chapter a meeting has been thwarted by the Germans and the family must go underground. During the end chapter, Uncle Gerrit holds up the house from germans while the rest of the family escape. He is forced to use the houses tunnel to escape from the germans into the forest. The de Boer family house in destroyed by a german grenade and burns to the ground. The book finishes with the de Boer family hiding in a forest as the germans destroy their house.
After the Germans have destroyed the house of De Boer, Jan is hiding. But an old friend joins a Fight Force (Knok Ploeg (KP)). After his adventures by the FF the force has been betrayed and Jan must go into hiding again.