Elly Desira Vleesblok was in hiding with Mathilde Leezer above the railway station in Aalten. They were betrayed and on 21 June 1943 a member of the Kolonne Henneicke and an Aalten state police officer raided the railway station. They found both women hiding underneath a bed.
A. Van Liempt, Kopgeld. Nederlandse premiejagers op zoek naar joden, 1943 (Amsterdam 2002) 228;
P. Lurvink, De joodse gemeente in Aalten. Een geschiedenis 1630-1945 (Zutphen 1991) 174, 192
This person is commemorated on a memorial in Veendam and on a memorial in Aalten. More information on these memorials can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.
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