The Israels family were cattle dealers. Roosje and her brother Jonas Israels lived according to the Jewish laws. On the shabbat a non-Jewish housemaid lit the furnace so they could cook their diner.
On 26 November 1942, the mayor of Zuidhorn received a telegram containing the order to arrest all Jews in Zuidhorn. They were to be sent to Groningen and from there onwards via the Central Station in…