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Louis Van Thijn -- birthname Levi Van Thijn -- was the son of Nathan Van Thijn and Sarah Van Thijn-Van Beem, and survived Auschwitz and neighboring work camps.
Nathan Van Thijn was born March 5, 1893, the fourth of seven children of Levi Benjamin Van Thyn and Elizabeth Mozes Van Bergen (married in 1887). One child died as an infant; only one, the youngest (a female, Sippora), survived World War II.
The rest, including Nathan, died in the concentration camps.
They grew up in a mostly Jewish neighborhood, educated in the Jewish traditions. Levi Benjamin was …
Person is in the National Database of Victims of Persecution