6 March 1939 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Willem Philip van Naarden, was born in Amsterdam.
In March 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
In March 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
Willem Philip van Naarden was a son of Levie and Elisabeth. In 1943 they decided to go into hiding. Willem was placed with a family of 7 children in Bennebroek.
At some point Betty wanted to check how her son was doing, and asked a family friend, who worked for an organization that helped Jews in hiding, about him. The brother of this person most probably denounced Willem. In mid-November 1943 Willem was arrested.
Willem was incarcerated in Westerbork and on 3 March 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz. He was murdered in a as chamber a day before his 5th birthday.
Lou and Betty survived the war and moved to the United States. They had their second son, Robert, who, according to Lou's sister in law Leni de Jong-van Naarden, looked exactly like Willem.
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