Esther van Dam married in the Stephen Green Synagogue in Londen in 1935. The couple had a son Barnett, who was born in Rotterdam. The family were British citizens and had British pasports. As a result of the increasing porpability of war, they considered moving back to England in 1938. The English consulate in the Netherlands assured them, that in case of war they would be evacuated. Esther van Dam and her husband desided to stay in Rotterdam.
In May 1940 Esther van Dam and her husband gave their pasports to their neighbours for savekeeping. Because of fear these neighbours burnt their pasports and Esther van Dam, her husband and their son became stateless. Only the husband of Esther van Dam survived the war. More information can be found in his biography L.Greenman, An Englishman in Auschwitz (ISBN 0 85303 424 9)
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More information can also be found in the book of Lyn Smith Vergeten stemmen van de Holocaust. Een unieke geschiedenis in de woorden van de mannen en vrouwen die het overleefden (Amsterdam, 2005) and in part 9214 of the sound archive of the Imperial War Museum.
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There is a permanent exhibition on the Greenman family in the Jewish Museum in London.
Finally, more information can be found in: Nummer 98288. Het leven van oud-kampgevangene Leon Greenman (publication of Memorial Center Camp Westerbork)
In addition, a Jokos file (number 32583) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.