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Betje van Dam

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Birthplace: Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Death: August 19, 1942 (42)
Auschwitz, Poland (Murdered in the Holocaust)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Levie van Dam and Frouktje Tromp
Wife of Mozes Maup SCHNITZLER
Mother of Frouktje Schnitzler; Leonardus Schnitzler; Louis Andries SCHNITZLER; Isidor Schnitzler; Alida Schnitzler and 2 others
Sister of Andries van Dam; Sara van Hasselt; Sophia van Dam; Frouwktje de Jongh; Leentje Helena van Dam and 3 others

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About Betje van Dam

When Betje and Mozes had to leave Rotterdam with their family to enter Dutch KZ Westerbork they had to leave everything behind. After closing their home and letting all their belongings and their key to the authorities, on their way to the railwaystation, their daughter Saartje stepped in a nail. This nail went completely through her foot. In need for medical treatment they went to a sister in law, who 'lent' them money to see a docter, who treated the little girl. Afterwards they were just in time to get the train to Westerbork. A few weeks later mother and childen were gassed together at Auschwitz.

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Betje van Dam's Timeline

1899
November 19, 1899
Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
1925
August 11, 1925
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
1929
August 1, 1929
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
1930
October 27, 1930
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
1932
December 9, 1932
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
1934
August 21, 1934
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
1936
April 13, 1936
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
1938
March 13, 1938
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
1942
August 19, 1942
Age 42
Auschwitz, Poland