The greater Groenteman family fled from Europe in 1940 and arrived in the USA (via Lisbon) on 12 September 1940 on the Nea Hellas. They all survived the war.
Elias Groenteman had a passage on the ship as well, but according to his son (who survived Auschwitz, among other camps), the family did not depart because Elias' son-in-law, Abe Logger, was unable to obtain a passage and Elias daughter, Betj…