Elias Leeger

Aaltje Springer was a daughter of Barend Springer and Esther Berklou. She was born on 12 June 1899 in Amsterdam. She married Joseph Leeger on 26 May 1920, born on 31 January 1899 to Elias Leeger and Rebecca Wurms. Aaltje and Joseph had three children, namely Esther, Elias and Bernard Bob. All three children were killed during the Shoah.

The marriage of Aaltje and Joseph did not last; the divorce w…

The only German-style concentration camp that was set up in our country was concentration camp Vught, which was opened in January 1943. The camp had a number of “Aussenkommando’s“ (satellite camps) including Moerdijk. This command was located in the old barracks of the anti-aircraft artillery near the harbour. Fifty S.S. men were appointed as guards and the first prisoners arrived on 26 March 1943…