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War Memorial in Aachen-Eilendorf
Limburg 1940-1945,
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Fredi de Jong
(Frederika Eva)
∗ 02-04-1929 Breda † 03-09-1943 Auschwitz (14)
- ✡ - People in hiding - Nijmegen - Helden -
- Digitaal Joods Monument Frederika Eva de Jong
- Piet Gommans Oorlogsslachtoffers van boerderij Bovensbos @ moennik.nl
- Boskamp Helden
The picture and the data about birth and death of Frederika Eva de Jong come from Digitaal Joods Monument [1]
Unless otherwise stated, the data below and image are taken from the article Oorlogsslachtoffers van boerderij Bovensbos by Piet Gommans. [2]
Below follow some quotes:
The De Jong-De Jong family, consisting of father Arnold, his wife Estella, and their fourteen-year-old daughter Frederika Eva, lived in Nijmegen. Arnold owned a furniture store. There they learned in the fall of 1942 that he and his family were next in line for deportation. This meant they had to go into hiding. They had to leave everything behind, but eventually found safety and peace on the Krans family farm in Bovensbos in Helden. Father and son Gerrit Krans provided an underground hiding place where the family could stay in case of danger. Otherwise, they lived, ate, and slept on the farm. Everything went smoothly until the camp arrived in the spring of 1943.
That camp was a military training camp for people in hiding. But many did not take the secrecy very seriously. [3]
On July 17, 1943, they were discovered during a search of the farm and taken to the Westerbork camp. According to the transport card, on August 27, 1943, they were still in shack 67 in Westerbork.
… On August 31, 1943, they were transported to Auschwitz, where mother Estella (36) and daughter Fredie (14) were murdered in the gas chamber upon arrival. Father Arnold (44) was allowed to do forced labor for a few more months, but on February 29, 1944, his life also ended in the gas chamber.
The only tangible evidence remaining of the Jewish De Jong family’s stay, apart from archive cards from the Nazi camps and a few photos, is a small painting diepicting the Krans farm, called Bovensbos, probably painted by daughter Frederika during their time in hiding there.
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