After the bombing of Rotterdam on 14 May 1940, the Salomon Kleinkramer and his family were homeless. They found a place to live in Sliedrecht. In August 1942 the family arranged a place where they could go into hiding. Two young men from Sliedrecht were to take Kleinkramer and his son by rowing-boat over the Biesbosch to North Brabant, to prepare for the rest of the family to follow. However, the rowing-boat overturned after only a short time. The four men were arrested by the police, who had come to investigate the noise. Sara Kleinkramer-den Hartog made an unsuccessful appeal to the mayor in an effort to get the men released. The men were allowed to return home but were placed under house arrest, together with the whole family. The family was then picked up by Rotterdam police and taken to Westerbork transit camp.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 11768) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 6481 / 19485).