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Memorial Jewish Victims General Cemetery Bergen

Monument to the Jewish victims from Bergen who perished in German concentration camps during World War II.

Text on the monument:

'JEWISH FELLOW CITIZENS KILLED IN GERMAN CAMPS 1940 1945'.
ROSALIE ELION-WIJNKOOP 61 YEARS 30-04-1943 SOBIBOR
META HENRIETTE ELION 29 YEARS 30-04-1943 SOBIBOR
RUBEN ELION 61 YEARS 08-06-1942 DEC. TE LANDSMEER

DAVID THE GREAT 63 YEARS 12-02-1943 AUSCHWITZ
BETJE DE GROOT-WAGENAAR 70 YEARS 12-02-1942 AUSCHWITZ
ARON DE GROOT 37 YEARS 27-03-1945 MAUTHAUSEN
ANNA DE GROOT 29 YEARS 24-09-1943 AUSCHWITZ
MARIANNE ELISABETH DE GROOT 25 YEARS 24-09-1943 AUSCHWITZ

MORIZ ISRAEL REIF 83 YEARS 09-04-1943 SOBIBOR
BERTHA SARA REIF-STRAKOSCH 72 YEARS 09-04-1943 SOBIBOR

ISAAC SANTCROOS 50 YEARS 04-05-1945 TROBITZ
DANIEL SANTCROOS 21 YEARS 30-1944 BERGEN-BELSEN
EDDY MARTIN SANTCROOS 18 YEARS 09-05-1945 TROBITZ

SAMUEL 'MOMMIE' SCHWARZ 66 YEARS 19-11-1942 AUSCHWITZ
ELSE SCHWARZ-BERG 65 YEARS 19-11-1942 AUSCHWITZ

SIMON TIJTEL 54 YEARS 02-07-1943 SOBIBOR
HEINTJE TIJTEL-MELKMAN 56 YEARS 02-07-1943 SOBIBOR'.

"HIS NAME SHALL NOT DISAPPEAR FROM HIS FAMILY AND FROM THE GATE OF HIS RESIDENCE"
'4 MAY 2000 BERGEN'.

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Source

  • Text: Sebastiaan Vonk
  • Photos: Arjo Eijgelsheim (1, 2), Jimmy Hilgen (3)

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