Before the war Leo Godfried van Dam was a prominent member of the Liberal Democratic Party (VDB) in Haarlem. In May 1940 Van Dam was one of many hundreds, who went to IJmuiden to trie and escape to England. As with so many, Leo van Dam didn't manage to board a ship. Leo van Dam was married to a non-jewish woman but they devorced during the war. Leo van Dam left his home town Haarlem to go into hi…