In addition, a Jokos file (number 25078) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
The Huisman-Elburg family trying to reach Switzerland
On August 23, 1942, a group of eight Dutch Jews tried to enter Switzerland through the Jura mountains, in the Risoux massif. When arrested, two of them (Abraham de Vries and Nathan Israel) attempted suicide, and were sent to hospital; they could stay in Switzerland with their wives. The four others, a family from the Hague, were turned back: Naatje Huisman née Bobbe (born 4.6.1879), wife of Joseph…