(1/4) 87 years ago the twins Betsie and Clementine Acathan were born in Amsterdam on 25-03-1924. They were the daughters of Abraham, born 10-05-1888 and Henriette Acathan nee Monnickendam, born 29-05-1889.

Abraham and Henriette had 21 children. ImageImageImage
(2/4) Some children died at a young age before the war. Four children survived the war.
These children did not:
> Betsie (19)
> Clementine (19)
> David📷, born 23-03-1919 (24)
> Dora, born 09-10-1920 (24)
> Samuel📷, born 20-09-1921 (20)
> Gabriel, born 25-02-1923 (19)
... ImageImage
(3/4) and:
> Branca, born 15-01-1926 (16)
> Henriette, born 30-07-1927 (15)*
> Daniel, born 18-06-1929 (13)*
> Jeannette Catharina, born 11-10-1930 (12)*
> Augusta, born 26-11-1931 (11)*
> Haïm, born 14-12-1932 (10)*
*-These children and Parents killed in Auschwitz 26-02-1943😢
(4/4) The twin sisters were killed in Sobibor on 31-10-1943.
Dora died 28-02-1945 in Central Europe and the others on other dates in Auschwitz or Sobibor.

So, 14 members of the Acathan family were killed.😢

The 📷 was taken in 1934.

We will remember all of you!😢💔🕯️✡️ Image

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