Non-Dutch victims & survivors of NL Holocaust

Good question. Saddest case I know are my cousin whose husband was Dutch. She was born in Mandate Palestine, where her father had made Aliyah in 1880 or so. They met and married in Palestine but in 1939 he got a job in the Netherlands and they moved there with their 9 year old son, despite the pleas of her family not to go to Europe. The Nazis invaded 2 months after they arrived. They fled to Belgium and were in the Underground but eventually captured by the Belgian police and sent to Auschwitz and perished.

Germany was repatriating Palestinian Jews and the family tried desperately to get her and the child back, but they were murdered before they were able to do so.

Judith Berlowitz and Hatte Anne Blejer,

A separate project would be better. This way, we can keep the two groups separate. This will also allow someone whose relative escaped Nazi Germany only to have died after the Nazis annexed the Netherlands.

Kevin

Judith - there is an existing project of Survivors of the Holocaust.

Hatte - the story of your cousins is just too awful, I feel for you.

http://www.geni.com/projects/Holocaust-Survivors-%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A6...

Perhaps there should be a section within that project for those who escaped the Nazis in one country and managed to survive ?

To all - I would like to make a case for my question (which I suppose had a proposal subtext), based on the language of the title: "Holocaust in the Netherlands": The Holocaust came to the NL and affected people in the NL, both Dutch and non-Dutch. I think that just including these profiles in Victims/Survivors projects would lessen the impact of their having sought refuge in the NL. They were also victims of betrayal on the part of some of their Dutch hosts.

Judith Berlowitz

We don't know how many of those who sought refuge in NL were in fact subsequently betrayed by their hosts and became victims of the Holocaust.

You have my vote for inclusion in the Holocaust of the NL.

Kevin Lawrence Hanit

The two groups are already separated.

Those who survived (Survivors project) and others who were deceased as a result of the Holocaust in NL despite having initially escaped persecution elsewhere.

Thanks, @Pam Karp! The betrayal piece is probably minor and I won't press it. I'm going to add a profile or two - You'll see why when I do!
Judith

Another thought: people who fell victim in NL can perfectly well be part of other projects.

Pam Karp,

Thanks for the information. Maybe, we need a project for those that escaped from Nazi Germany only to become a victim elsewhere.

Kevin

I figure since the husband was Dutch and they had to hide and join the Underground and eventually were deported and killed, this is the most likely place for them.

Hatte - not sure which person you are referring to.

Your relative or Judith's profile....

My relative :)