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15 Aug, 8 tweets, 7 min read
@AuschwitzMuseum (1/n) This young woman, called Suzie, was the daughter of Albert, born 12-04-1882 and Henriette, born 27-02-1893. Both born in Romania.
She had a sister Ruth, born 04-06-1924.
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1-Susanne with her dog Fosco
2-With her friend Kees Zuidweg
3-Sister Ruth
4-whole family
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@AuschwitzMuseum (2/n) The family was in #Westerbork probably from 01-09-1942. On the Jewish council card it says: Uitgesteld (Postponed) 01-09-1942, so they were probably first to be deported on 01-09-1942.
While on Westerbork Suzanne wrote at least 2 letters to her boyfriend Kees Zuidweg.
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@AuschwitzMuseum (3/n) These letters were given to the Joods Historisch Museum by the son of Kees. Kees died in 1955 at the age of 36 (not sure if he was Jewish). Kees wrote many letters to Suzie and supplied them with food and other things. He also took care of Suzie's dog Fosco.
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@AuschwitzMuseum (4/n) These are the letters.

Some pieces are heartbreaking:
'Do you think we'll get out of here? But then we might be sent back the next day.'💔

1st letter Dutch
joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/355126…
Translated English
www-joodsmonument-nl.translate.goog/nl/page/355126…
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@AuschwitzMuseum (5/n) 2nd letter Dutch
It starts with:
"I'm glad it's writing-day..."

joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/361671…
Translated English
www-joodsmonument-nl.translate.goog/nl/page/361671…
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@AuschwitzMuseum (6/n) This picture is from the memorial book (1947) from the school Suzie and her sister attended. It says "according the red cross all Romanians were send to Romania in September 1943".

But the family never heard anything of them.
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@AuschwitzMuseum (7/n) So apparently the family still didn't know what happened to their family members.
On Suzie's Jewish council card it also says, on the bottom:
'repatriation to Romania according to Sipo list 24-08-1943'
(Sipo=Sicherheitspolizei)
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@AuschwitzMuseum (8/n) But we now know that all 4 of them were deported on 28-09-1942 to Auschwitz were they arrived on 01-10-1942 and were most likely all gassed immediately.😢

Suzie, we will remember you, your parents Albert and Henriette and your sister Ruth.😢💔🕯️

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(1/n) Charlotte, surviving sister of Suzanne Huisman, was married to Louis Kat, a diamond cutter, born 16-07-1909. They had 2 children, Robert (Rob) and Irene.
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(📷 Charlotte, Irene and Rob, 1941)
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@AuschwitzMuseum (1/n) Martha was married to Joseph, born 07-08-1900 who was a shoe merchant. They had a daughter Eva, born 25-05-1931 and lived in Dortmund. Probably after 'kristallnacht' they knew they had to leave Germany. Eva is the first. In November 1938 she arrived in the Netherlands.
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@AuschwitzMuseum (3/n) She then had to walk (as she was not allowed to take the tram) to a Jewish school.

The family of a non-Jewish schoolfriend offer her to live with them and pretend she's the sister of her friend. But Eva doesn't dare to accept that. From August 1942 she is in Westerbork.
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(1/8) On 01-06-1931 Bartha Valk (📷on the right) was born in Groningen. She was the daughter of Mozes, born 25-11-1904 and Naatje Valk nee Cohen, born 25-04-1899. She had a sister Jetje, born 28-02-1934.
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