Biography

About Betsie Frankenhuis

Betsie Frankenhuis was the youngest Jewish victim of Haaksbergen. In front of the primary school where she went to as a child, there is placed a small statue which shows Betsie as the young girl who is happily walking home. Another statue shows a figure of an old woman who waits for her grandchildren. But this has never happened. The statue was placed on initiative of the organisation Berith Sjalom in Haaksbergen.
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This persoon is commemorated on 2 memorials in Haaksbergen. More information on these memorials ( memorial 1 , memorial 2 ) can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.