HIP lecture: An act of desperation

• Date: 03 May 10:30 - 11:30
• Location: Bibliotheek Loosduinen

Lecture by Jeroen van Zijderveld on the Katan family and the transport via Westerbork to Auschwitz in 1942.

Jeroen van Zijderveld

Is secretary of the WW2 Traces Foundation and will give a lecture today on the Katan family.

Swimming pool

It is September 1942, the deportations to Westerbork are in full swing. Jacob Katan was arrested with a false identity card. The official report shows that three identity cards were stolen from the Regentes Swimming Pool. At the end of 1942 the Katan family went to Auschwitz extermination camp and were murdered upon arrival.

Reservations

Would you like to attend this lecture? Then make reservations via loosduinen@bibliotheekdenhaag.nl or by calling 070-3537740 or at the Loosduinen Library desk.

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