Betjen van Gelder-Hemelrijk

Betjen Hemelrijk was a daughter of Jacob Barend Hemelrijk and Mala Sardiner. She was born on 24 January 1868 in Winterswijk and became the 2^nd spouse of Jacob van Gelder, who was born on 15 June 1859 in Denekamp. The wedding was solemnized on 4 November 1896 in Zaandam and the Van Gelder-Hemelrijk couple had two children, viz. Robert Heiman in 1898 and in 1899 Rosetta Jacoba was born.

Jacob van Ge…

Betje Hemelrijk was the daughter of Jacob Barend Hemelrijk and Mala Sardiner. She was married to Jacob van Gelder in Zaandam in 1896.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 34585) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

At the beginning of the 'twisted road to Auschwitz', the plan arose to have Jews emigrate to Palestine. This possibility was put into practice on a small scale for a limited group of chosen ones. On 1 November 1942, the Jewish Council announced that those who met the following requirements could report in writing:

1. persons who were in possession of a certificate for emigration to Palestine before …