Aaltje Cohen-van der Woude

Aaltje van der Woude was a daughter of Jacob Joachim Joseph van der Woude and Klaartje de Vries.
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This person is commemorated on a memorial in Aduard. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.

Voor meer informatie over de echtgenoot van Aaltje en de vader van Aron Elie, zie:
http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_jaa003199601_01/_jaa003199601_01_0007.php

Aaltje van de Woude married a doctor in Aduard. They had one son, Aron Elie. In 1940, the young family made plans to flee, but they never carried them out. In May 1941, when Jewish doctors were prohibited from treating non-Jewish patients, they moved to Groningen. When Aaltje van de Woude’s husband was ordered to report to the Jewish labour camps, he tried to escape to Sweden. Aaltje and Aron Elie…

Meer over Elie Aron Cohen is hier te lezen: Elie Aron Cohen