ABSTRACT
Between the end of January and the end of March 1943 Jewish social institutions were liquidated, including all eight orphanages. On 17th March 1943, 50 children and 9 staff members were arrested in the Leiden orphanage by the Leiden police and sent to Camp Westerbork. Just five days after arrival, all 9 staff members and 25 children were put on a train to Sobibor, where they were killed. The remaining children, together with many others who had left the orphanage before 17th March 1943, were deported to Sobibor, Auschwitz, or other camps in the East. Hans Kloosterman and Piet de Vries did not receive their mixed-blood certificate in time, despite the efforts of their neighbour, Stoffels, but he managed to get them released from Westerbork.
