Biography

About Betje Jacobs-Goldsteen

After her husband had been deported and had died in Mauthausen, Betje Goldsteen lived in the "kibbuts" Laag-Keppel with her two young children.
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The mayor of Hummelo and Keppel requested that Betje Jacobs-Goldsteen be located, detained and brought to trial. She resided at B 30 in Laag-Keppel. She was suspected of having changed her place of residence without the required authorization. This description referred to Jews who had gone into hiding.

Identifying characteristics: '5'7" tall, black hair, black eyebrows, pale complexion, good teeth.'
Algemeen Politieblad, nr 39, 1 October 1942, 1111, notice 2093


This person is commemorated on a memorial in Hummel en Keppel and on a memorial in Doetinchem. More information on these memorials can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.