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K.J. Dijkstra

27 May, 8 tweets, 6 min read

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@AuschwitzMuseum (1/8) Sara or Serka was married to Moses. Before the war they lived in Oleszyce, Poland. They have 5 children. In 1928 Moses left to settle in Antwerp. In October he submits an application for family reunification in which he declares "I can meet their needs".
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@AuschwitzMuseum (2/8) Serka and the children are allowed to travel to Belgium in 1929.
(📷1929) Derma and the children:
> Sonia Laja, born in 1922
> Hudes (Lisa), born in 1925
> Munisz born in 1929
> Beile Rachel (Bertha), born in 1927
> Abraham Aron (Bram), born in 1924
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@AuschwitzMuseum (3/8) In 1933 their youngest child Jozef is born in Berchem.

In May 1940 oldest son Abraham moves to Portugal. Through letters Abraham keeps in touch with his family. The correspondence also shows the unrest and despair within the family.
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@AuschwitzMuseum (4/8) "Whether they have received the photos sent from him properly, that they grumble because Abraham does not send them news about him so often that they ask him to send parcels"
The correspondence ends when Abraham moves to Cuba. The last house the family lived in was this:
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@AuschwitzMuseum (5/8) This letter was send by Sonia to Abraham on 05-09-1941. It says:
"You can understand that getting a letter from you is the only thing that can make us happy."
Hudes was the first to get a letter for the Arbeitseinsatz. Via Dosin she is sent to Auschwitz.
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@AuschwitzMuseum (6/8) she is selected into the camp but dies after a month.😢
In the night of 28-29 August 1942, during Shabbat, on which families are together, the Sipo-SD set off a wide perimeter with the help of more than 100 Antwerp police officers. The Fischlers (red arrow), are 'arrested'.

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@AuschwitzMuseum (7/8) On January 26, 1945, Abraham sends a postcard from Cuba because he still has no news from his family.

After the liberation, Abraham returns to Antwerp. He does not see his parents, brothers and sisters again. 😢
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@AuschwitzMuseum (8/8) In 1948 the municipality of Borgerhout writes the Fischler family from the population registers, because:

"They left without leaving an address."

Poor Fischler family, we will remember all of you! 😢💔🕯️✡️

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(1/7) On 26-05-1939 Clara Velleman was born in Roermond. She was the daughter of Maurits (Max), a textile merchant, born 19-02-1907 and Rebecca Velleman nee Cardozo, born 01-06-1909.
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On Nr. 30 in this street lived a NSB-sympathizer.
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(3/7) That man knew there was a Jewish woman, with her daughter, hiding at the house of the Bovenchen family. But, the man did not bother the Velleman family, nor the Jewish woman in hiding.

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(1/10) On 24-05-1892 Catharina Godefroi, or Cato as she was called, was born in Amsterdam. She married in 1922, at the age of 30, to Dolf de Levita, born 23-06-1868.
They lived in Amsterdam.
In 1923 they had their first child, Frank. He had a brain disease and was blind.

(2/10) He died very young. When David, their 2nd son, was born in 1926 their joy knew no bounds and they really spoiled the boy. On 19-01-1928 son Frans was born and on 19-05-1931 Henri.
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(3/10) She then took care of the children ánd took a job as a diamond worker. A profession that entailed having to live in highly variable financial circumstances.
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(1/8) Amsterdam, 11-05-1937. Lea Judith de la Penha was born on this day. She was the daughter of David, a wallpaperer, born 12-08-1909 and Judith de la Penha nee Rodrigues Parreira, a tailor, born 27-09-1903.
They used to live in Amsterdam!

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Because David expected to be deported very soon, he gave this book to the family.

(3/8) In the book David wrote a message.
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"For our friends Bets, Willem and Liesje Neehus.
In memory of our pleasant and many years of friendship.
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Judith, Lea en David de La Penha.
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(2/5) They lived in Amsterdam, in the district betondorp (concrete village).

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(3/5) Why the children were deported before and without their parents is unclear. A possible reason could be that they were in hiding and were discovered and arrested.

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9 May

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