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Berendina Roeloffina Hendrika Eman

Also Known As: "Berendina Roeloffina Hendrika Eman 'Diet""
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Birthplace: Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Death: September 03, 2019 (99)
Samaritas Senior Living, 2000 32nd St SE #214, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, 49508-7910, United States (old age)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Gerrit Eman and Johanna Maria Brouwer
Ex-wife of Egon (David) Erlich
Fiancée of Hein Sietsma
Mother of Private User and Private
Sister of Stephana 'Fanny' Eman; Aarjen Eman and Albert Eman

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About Diet Eman

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/obituaries/diet-eman-dies.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Eman
https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514469
https://collections.ushmm.org/oh_findingaids/RG-50.030.0481_trs_en.pdf
https://righteous.yadvashem.org/?searchType=righteous_only&language...
https://obits.mlive.com/amp/obituaries/grandrapids/193834618
The Reckoning: Remembering the Dutch Resistance
https://thejewishnews.com/2016/10/18/dutch-resistance-rescuer-recou...
https://beta.prx.org/stories/343615



Diet Eman was a young woman during the Nazi invasion of Holland during WWII. She, along with many other members of the Resistance including her fiance, worked to hid Jewish people from the Nazi's. She was arrested and imprisoned for a time. She has written a book titled "Things We Couldn't Say" which tells the story of her time during WWII and how her faith sustained her.

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Diet Eman's Timeline

1920
April 30, 1920
Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands