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from Kamp Westerbork, and died together at Sobibor Concentration Camp on 16 July 1943. War Memorial Loosdrecht, Holland Annual May-Day services are held at this war memorial in Loosdrecht Holland. The memorial includes the names of 23 German Jewish children, 9 resistance fighters executed by the Germans in Loosdrecht, a Pastor and 3 Jewish teenagers Rebecca Louise Deen, Harold Deen and L Polak. Rebecca Louise Deen 27 July 1926 to 16 July 1943 However Harold and Rebecca disagreed, sensing what the Germans planned. Hurriedly they left by bicycle to find a place where they could hide. Eventually they found refuge at a farm in Haarlemmermeer. Not long after a farm hand, in retaliation for an unrelated disagreement with the farmer, informed the NSB that Harold and Rebecca were hiding on the farm. It is unknown what happened to the farmer or whether the farm hand was ever exposed for this actions. It is not clear what happened after they were betrayed. However in correspondence written by Dinnie van Zutphen to Erica after the war, she mentions a “note” she received during the war from Harold and Rebecca advising, “We have packed our luggage and are in good spirits. Please send food parcels to Westerbork. We are being transported to Poland.” Martin Moen has visited the war memorial a number of times. He has reflected on the brutality of war and the loss of many of his mother’s extended family. His Opa, Levie Deen, lost 5 of his 8 siblings and his Oma, Marianna Deen-Jolis, lost 4 of her 5 siblings. He has ensured their names and those of their children are permanently remembered at Yad Vashem, Israel. Interestingly, Martin was born, at the Nieuwe Brug Hotel and Restaurant, a few hundred meters from the war memorial. This place marked the commencement of his journey to determine what happened to his family. His son, Simon, was born on the same day and month as Harold, the 11 February. His daughter, Rebecca, is named after Rebecca Louise Deen as requested by her great grandmother mother Marianna Deen. Additionally Ruth Moen, Martin’s wife, was born the same day and month as Rebecca Louise Deen, the 27 July. Red Cross records show that Harold and Rebecca were transported to Kamp Westerbork, Holland, from No. 269 Nieuwendijk, Amsterdam on the 6 July 1943 and them by cattle car to Poland on the 13 July 1943. They were conveyed with 1988 Jewish prisoners, the second last transport PAGE 28 ©2013 Edited and compiled by Martin Moen, Perth, Western Australia.
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