Hester Horn, also called Hesje, had an older brother who survived the war. Her parents had a hat shop in Nijmegen. On 12 November 1917 the family moved to Bussum, Huizerweg 2, then to the Tesselschadestraat 4. Their hat shop in Nijmegen was leased. In 1930 the family moved again, now to Zutphen, Nieuwstad 37. There they took over an already established hat shop, where Hester became a shop assistent. In April 1942 Hester got married to Willem Boutelje. She went into hiding together with her husband, her parents and her husband's parents on a farm in Warnsveld. When it became too dangerous, a hiding place in Friesland was found. Hester's parents went there and survived the war. Hester and her husband and her in-laws hoped to escape to Switzerland. They stayed in Warnsveld. Shortly afterwards they were betrayed, arrested and deported.
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