The Israels family were cattle dealers. Jonas and his sister Roosje lived according to the Jewish Laws. On the shabbat a non-Jewish housemaid lit their furnace so they could cook their diner.
On 26 November 1942, the mayor of Zuidhorn received a telegram containing the order to arrest all Jews in Zuidhorn. They were to be sent to Groningen and from there onwards via the Central Station in Groning…