Bertha Polak, born in the hamlet of Schoonoord, in the municipality Sleen (nowadays municipality Coevorden), was a daughter of Simon Polak and Bettje van Rhijn, a family with in total nine children. One child died in infancy, only 1 year old and one child has survived the Holocaust. All other children, namely Salomo, Philip, Harmannus, Hartog, Carolina, Anna and Bertha self have been killed in th…