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Herdenk Betsie Frankenhuis

Betsie Frankenhuis

Haaksbergen, – Auschwitz,

Reached the age of 9 years

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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 Sjal…

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Salomon Jonas Heiman Frankenhuis and his family

Salomon Jonas Heiman Frankenhuis was married to his cousin Johanna Falkenstein. They had five children: two sons (Jonas and Jacob) and three daughters (Julia, Henriëtte - known as Jetje - and Betsie). The family lived in Haaksbergen, where Salomon and his brother Jacob Frankenhuis ran a butcher shop on the Blankenburgerstraat. In 1927 the house had been converted to a combined butcher shop and res…

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