ABSTRACT
On 24 February 1949 Anneke Beekman disappeared, at least as far as the authorities were concerned. The young Jewish girl had survived the war in hiding with the three Catholic Van Moorst sisters in Hilversum. When they discovered that her parents had been murdered, the sisters assumed Anneke would stay with them, but the Jewish guardianship foundation Le‐ezrath Ha‐jeled (Helping the Child) had other ideas. Jewish children who had been in hiding must return to the Jewish community, small as it was, and be placed with family members or in Jewish children’s homes. Anneke was referred to Le‐ezrath Ha‐jeled, but the Van Moorst sisters refused to comply. On 24 February she was smuggled over the border to a Belgian convent.
