Joanna Korper-Sarfaty

This person is commemorated on a memorial in Vierhouten. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.

Joanna Sarfaty married Barend Korper on April 30 1941. This was her second marriage. From her first marriage she had three children who survived the war.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, archiefkaart Joanna Sarfaty

Lees het verhaal van Ans Redelaar-Seinen die de kinderen van Joanna moet vertellen dat hun moeder in Auschwitz is gestorven. http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2006/11/remembering_may_1.php

Ans Redelaar-Seinen recalls a day which brought tremendous happiness for some, and an inconsolable sadness for a 10-year-old girl.

On a sunny afternoon my stepdaughter Erica and I had to cross a large bridge in Amsterdam. We were surprised to see that both sidewalks were jammed full with people. The police had stopped all the traffic and a street organ was playing festive music. I asked a lady sta…