Elisabeth den Hartog was a daughter of Abraham den Hartog and Leentje den Hartog. She trained as a nurse in the Portugees Israëlitisch Ziekenhuis (Portuguese Jewish hospital) in Amsterdam. After living in Arnhem for a while, she moved to Rotterdam in 1929, where she worked at first as head nurse and later as director of the Israëlitisch Ziekenhuis (Jewish hospital) on the Schietbaanlaan.
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