Alfred and Ilse Wallenstein

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Alfred and Ilse did not come to the Netherlands together: Ilse came first, on December 13th, 1938, and Alfred followed on March 30th, 1939 with a Kindertransport. Both of them were in Rotterdam, where Ilse was placed with a foster family in July 1938. Alfred went to live in he Jongenshuis in Arnhem in May 1941 after which he lived in Amsterdam, at the Merwedeplein 37-II, with two other refugee boys.
Their parents were Emmy Adler, born 25.09.1901 in Schluchtern, and David, born 14.03.1894 in Großen Buseck. They were deported in 1942: Emmy to Sobibor, and David to Majdanek.
Last address in Germany: Großen Buseck, Kaiserstr. 7
Source: National Archives, 2.04.58, inv. 130 and others