
Abraham, along with his older sister Eva, was deported to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, where both were murdered upon arrival. Nine year-old Abraham was denounced as a Jew in February 1944.

They found collaborators willing to turn them in for payment. The Nazis, realizing that many Jewish children had been sent into hiding, intensified their search. He was known as Jan de Witt, and he attended school along with the other village children. Abraham was given a new name and identity. Abraham and his older sister were sent to the village of Ermelo, and a Christian family, willing to risk death to save them, was found. They felt that the children would be safer posing as non-Jews in a rural village. They were both born in Leeuwarden, Holland. They were first taken to transit camps, and from there to death camps in Poland, where they were murdered.Ībraham's parents decided that the family would go into hiding. Eva and Abraham Beem were the children of Hartog and Rosette Beem. Beginning in mid-July 1942, the Germans began rounding up Holland's Jewish citizens.

Many Jews were forced into restricted ghetto areas in July 1941, and after May 1942, all Jews had to wear the yellow star. But the Germans reacted brutally, and were able to break up most organized resistance. When Nazi Germany invaded the country in 1940, the Nazis started to separate the Jews from the general population and prohibited them from working. Both parents were Jews, and active in the Jewish community. Their father, Hartog Beem, was a German teacher, and their mother was Rosette Beem. At first, the Dutch population resisted the anti-Jewish measures enacted by the Germans. Eva (born ) and Abraham (born 13 June 1934) Beem were born in Leeuwarden, in the northern Netherlands. The rich became poor and the middle class was reduced to subsistence levels. Beginning in October 1940, they liquidated Jewish businesses and banned Jews from most professions. When the Germans invaded, they immediately embarked upon steps to separate the Jews from the rest of the population. The Jews of the Netherlands were well-integrated into the general population and they were active in all aspects of the country's social, cultural and economic life. Abraham's father was a high school teacher in the small city of Leeuwarden, in northern Holland. Abraham, along with his older sister Eva, was deported to the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, where both were murdered upon arrival.Ībraham was one of 1.5 million Jewish children murdered by the Germans and their collaborators during the Holocaust.Abraham, the son of Hartog and Rosette Beem, was a five year-old schoolboy when the Germans invaded Holland in May 1940.
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Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. Historical records and family trees related to Abraham Beem. He married Catrina Freer on 1 October 1748, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States. Abraham was given a new name and identity. When Abraham Adam Beem was born on 9 December 1722, in Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States, his father, Jurrian Georg Boehm, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Harter, was 27. They were first taken to transit camps, and from there to death camps in Poland, where they were murdered.Ībraham's parents decided that the family would go into hiding. At first, the Dutch population resisted the anti-Jewish measures enacted by the Germans.


Abraham, the son of Hartog and Rosette Beem, was a five year-old schoolboy when the Germans invaded Holland in May 1940.
