Thread by @shannara77

(1/7) On 25-04-1924 Betje Judik Viool was born in Rotterdam. She was the daughter of Raphäel, born 04-12-1895 who was married to Sophia Viool nee Soesman, born 28-01-1895.
Betje had a younger sister Judik, born 04-05-1926. Both children were the daughters of Raphäel's first wife.

(2/7) Betje was a hairdresser. Betje's father was a pastry chef. The Viool family was a well known family and had several pastery shops in Rotterdam. Many family members worked in those shops.
They used to live in this house.

(3/7) How and when they were deported to #Westerbork is unclear to me. The date on the Jewish Council card says 10-04-1943 as first date. While in Westerbork Raphäel send a card to a nurse Knol in the hospital in Rotterdam.
I don't know if she is related or a good friend.

(4/7) The text on the card is sad….
I've translated the card which is in the picture.
Raphäel asks for an overall and dust glasses to be send as soon as possible. But his card is dated 19-04-1943 and they were deported the next day on 20-04-1943.😢

(5/7) The family arrives on 23-04-1943 in death camp #Sobibor. Normally everybody is killed immediately but Raphäel was selected for labor.
On his Jewish Council card there is a remark about Selma Wijnberg📷. Selma Wijnberg was one of the few people who survived Sobibor.

(6/7) She was one the people who could escape during the revolt.
According to Selma somewhere in April 1943, 70 of the 72 Dutch male forced laborers were shot. Raphäel was one of the 2 who survived that day.
But the card also says Oct '43 doodgeschoten (shot in October 1943).😢

(7/7) Poor Betje, on your birthday, we will remember you, your sister and your parents.
😢💔🕯️✡️

More info on the Viool family and there pastry shops:
joodserfgoedrotterdam.nl/banketbakker-v…
In (translated) English
translate.google.com/translate?dept…
(The name viool is translated by Google to violin)