I wouldn’t have this connection had it not been for the photographs. It’s no different than looking in the mirror and seeing parts of my father in the reflection. The book my Aunt Dorothy sent is full of family photos and it’s not hard to pick out the folks with a Beem family gene compared to their other loved ones in the images. I look at these two children and I instantly see family features. The Photo Says What Words Can Never Tell You The part that drives this home is the photograph. Had it just been a story with the name “Beem”, I would’ve been intrigued. The difference is that I’ve always read them before as an outsider, looking in at someone else’s story.įor the first time, I’ve come across a Holocaust story that very likely has a connection to my own family. I’ve always had an interest in history and have read numerous reports just like this one. Their story, like so many others during the war, is tragic and heartbreaking. The Death of Abraham and Eva BeemĪbraham and Eva Beem were murdered in Auschwitz on 6 March, 1944. They claimed they weren’t Jewish, so the police forced young Abraham Beem to undress and his penis gave him away. One night, police came to arrest the children and their foster parents. The Germans paid rewards to people who turned in Jews. It worked for a couple of years until they were betrayed. Their parents, Hartog & Rosetta Beem went into hiding and sent their children to Christian friends to live under assumed names. Abraham and Eva Beem lived in The Netherlands, children of parents who were active in the Jewish community.
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