Eliazer Heigmans left the Netherlands in the first half of July 1942, trying to escape to Switzerland to avoid deportation. He travelled in a group of 10, including his brother Samuel Heigmans and his fiancee Helena De Leeuw (born 26 April 1924). Eliazer lived either in Amsterdam or in Hilversum. They caught a train to Tilburg, then a coach to Baarle-Nassau, then a car to Antwerpen. They stood fou…