Aaltje van de Woude married a doctor in Aduard. They had one son, Aron Elie. In 1940, the young family made plans to flee, but they never carried them out. In May 1941, when Jewish doctors were prohibited from treating non-Jewish patients, they moved to Groningen. When Aaltje van de Woude’s husband was ordered to report to the Jewish labour camps, he tried to escape to Sweden. Aaltje and Aron Elie Cohen were captured and murdered soon after. Her husband survived the war and wrote about his experiences in an MD thesis.
In Aduard there is a memorial to Aaltje Cohen-van der Woude and Aron Elie Cohen.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 3560) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 1884/19631).