Sara Betrina (known as Saar) den Hartog was a daughter of Abraham den Hartog and Leentje den Hartog. Since their mother was ailing, Saar and her sister Rosetta did the housework and various chores at their father's kosher butcher shop. Saar also sewed clothes for the whole family. She was an avid football fan and rarely missed a game at the local club.
When the summons for work expansion in Germany were sent out, Saar went to the Israëlitisch Ziekenhuis (Jewish Hospital) on the Schietbaanlaan in Rotterdam, where her sister Elisabeth was the director and registered her as a patient.
In the early morning hours of 26 February 1943, the Sicherheitspolizei raided the Israëlitisch Ziekenhuis in Rotterdam aided by the volunteer auxiliary police. All patients and nurses were deported to Westerbork, including Sara Betrina den Hartog. On 10 March 1943 she was deported from Westerbork to Sobibor with her father Abraham and her sister Rosetta. On Friday morning 13 March they arrived there and were gassed the same day.
J. de Moei, In het net gevangen. Een joods gezin in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Ridderkerk, Rotterdam, Westebork, Polen (Rotterdam 2003) 13, 51, 61, 69 and 83
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