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Eva Beem Holocaust Project
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Life in Ermelo
After the Invasion
- Eva and her brother enjoyed life in Ermelo, went to school, and even made friends.
- The sibling's life in Ermelo lasted for two years, and they were sure that the Germans would never find them.
- Unfortunately, an unknown person told German officers of the two Jewish kids for money.
- Eva and her brother were announced Jews in February of 1944.
Eva Beem
July 1941: After the German invasion, all Jews were forced into
ghettos, which were tight, cramped, and cold.
May 1942: All Jews were forced to wear the yellow star on all
of their clothing.
In Mid-July of 1942, the Germans began to round up the Jewish
citizens of Holland.
Jews were first taken to transit camps, then to death camps in Poland.
Eva and Abraham Beem
Holocaust Project
English Class
Jenna C.
Luckily, what happened to the Beem family was very different than what happened to the majority of the Jews from Holland.
While they did live in the ghetto, they somehow managed to escape before the Jews were taken away. Eva's parents, Rosetta and Hartog, decided that the kids would be safer hiding and posing as Christians with a foster family.
Eva and Abraham were moved to the village Ermelo, and found a Christian family that would protect them.
Eva was given a new name and identity, and went by the name Linni de Witt. Her brother went by Jan.
Eva Beem and her brother, Abraham
Eva's Life Before the Holocaust
- Eva was born in Leeuwarden, Holland
- She was born on May 21, 1932.
- Her mother, Rosetta Beem, stayed at home and made clothes for family and friends for a small income.
- Eva's father, Hartog Beem, was a Dutch-Jewish historian, linguist, teacher, and was and active member of the community.
- The Jews in her country were well accepted, and were just normal
people.
- Eva's favorite subject was arithmetic.
Rosetta and Hartog Beem
Eva and Abraham's parents escaped from the ghetto, and sent their kids to Ermelo to keep them safe.
Meanwhile, they hid in their hometown, Leeuwarden, Holland.
They managed to stay hidden, and survived the war, never even setting foot in any kind of German camp.
Beem Parents after the war
Germans Invade Holland
- Eva was only eight when the Germans invaded Holland in 1940.
- In October of 1940, Germans forced all Jews to sell their businesses and banned Jews from most professions.
- Even the richest Jews became poor.
- In the beginning, the Dutch resisted anti-Jewish movements, but the Germans were brutal and enforced their new laws.
German bombing on Rotterdam, Holland
Fun Fact:
Eva was born on May 21, and I
was born on April 21.
In the End
- In the end, Eva and her brother are immediately taken to a death camp in Poland.
- As soon as they arrive, they are immediately taken to a gas chamber and killed.
- They were killed on March 6th, in the year 1944.
- Eva and Abraham's parents survived, and didn't hear the new about their killing until the war had ended.