Stumbling Stones Hoofmanstraat 22

Stolpersteine Hoofmanstraat 22, Haarlem

On this location Stumbling Stones were laid for
Henriette Beek-Bramson;
Philip Beek;
Rebekka E. Beek;
Josephus N.Beek.

The small brass plaques of 10 by 10 cm, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were persecuted and mostly murdered by the National-Socialists, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities and villages, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

HENRIETTE BEEK-BRAMSON
December 31, 1882 (Amsterdam) - August 27, 1943 (Auschwitz)
HOOFMAN STREET 22
Henriette Bramson married Isaac Beek on May 11, 1911. He was a traveling salesman. Together they had three children: Philip (19-1-1915), Rebecca Elizabeth (11-11-1917) and Josephus Nicolaas (19-9-1921).
In 1915 the family moved to Bussum, where Isaac was chairman of the Jewish community from 1921-1926. He died on January 5, 1936 (aged 53) in Hilversum.
After the death of her husband, Henriëtte moved with her family to Haarlem, where her sister Constance Citroen-Bramson already lived. There she lived with her children at 22 Hoofmanstraat.
Transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz August 24, 1943.
Murdered in Auschwitz on August 27, 1943.
She was 60 years old.

JOSEPHUS NICOLAAS BEEK
September 19th, 1921 (Bussum) - July 9th, 1943 (Sobibor)
HOOFMAN STREET 22
Joseph, known as Joop, was the youngest son of Isaac Beek and Henriëtte Beek-Bramson. He studied biology in Amsterdam and was registered as a teacher since 1942.
On July 2, 1943, he was transferred to Westerbork from camp Vught, where he was employed in the Moerdijk outer command.
Deported from Westerbork on July 6, 1943.
Killed in Sobibor, July 9, 1943.
He turned 21 years old.

PHILIP BEEK
January 19th, 1915 (Amsterdam) - June 17th, 1942 (Buchenwald)
HOOFMAN STREET 22
Philip was the eldest son of Isaac Beek and Henriëtte Beek-Bramson. He graduated in classical languages and worked in Haarlem as a tutor in Greek and Latin.
In January 1942, together with his cousin Albert Beek and ten others, he tried to flee to England via Scheveningen. The mediator and the skipper of the boat turned out to be traitors and Philip was arrested in Scheveningen together with the other refugees on January 4. After a short stay in a detention cell, he was transferred to the Scheveningen penitentiary, the 'Oranjehotel', on January 7. On 30 March 1942 he was deported from camp Amersfoort to Buchenwald.
Arrival in Buchenwald on March 31, 1942.
Murdered in Buchenwald on June 17, 1942.
He was 27 years old.

REBECCA ELISABETH BEEK
November 1, 1917 (Bussum) - April 30, 1944 (Auschwitz)
HOOFMAN STREET 22
Rebecca was the daughter of Isaac Beek and Henriëtte Beek-Bramson. Until 1943 she worked as a religious teacher at the 'Talmud Torah' school in the Tweede Boerhaavestraat in Amsterdam. She then lived with relatives in the Mesdagstraat in Amsterdam.
On 20 January 1944 she arrived in Westerbork.
Transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz 25 January 1944.
Murdered in Auschwitz on April 30, 1944.
She was 26 years old.