Harrold Deen

Harrold Deen was a student of the Middelbare Technische School in Haarlem, The Netherlands. He travelled daily between his home in Loosdrecht and the school, via Amsterdam, and was well aware of the dangers Dutch Jews were exposed to. His daily journey was of great concern to his family. In July 1942 the Deen family was “summoned” to present themselves for forced labour in Germany. Upon this dema…

The following is a record of an interview with Erica Moen on the 24 April 1995 about her brother and sister.

“In 1940 Harrold was in his third year of formal schooling at Middelbare Technical School (MTS) and at the age of 17 traveled between Loosdrecht, his home, through Amsterdam to Haarlem every day. This was of concern because the Nazis were already active and was using Amsterdam as the colle…

Als oud inwoner van Loosdrecht wilde ik graag op "Holocaust Namenmonument " de naam adopteren van een Joods slachtoffer die uit mijn geboortedorp kwam. Dat is dus de naam van Harrold Deen geworden.

Ik ben blij dat ik door de adoptie kan bijdragen aan een blijvend monument voor alle Joodse Holocaust slachtoffers uit Nederland.

Taco Hansma

The parents and four of the children from this family survived the war in hiding, in the Dutch countryside. Memories of some of them have been collected by a relative.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 30311) on this household is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Harrold en Rebecca Deen waren broer en zus en woonden in Loosdrecht. Harrold Deen werd geboren op 11 februari 1923 in Hilversum. Rebecca Deen werd geboren op 27 juli 1926 in Loosdrecht. De ouders van Harrold en Rebecca waren Levie Deen en Marianne de Jong. Zij trouwden op 11 november 1920 in Amsterdam. Het echtpaar had in totaal 6 kinderen; de andere 4 zijn Erica, Sonja, Ellen en Louis. Vader Levi…