Betty Bausch-Polak
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Betty Bausch-Polak | |
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| Born | 4 November 1919 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 8 November 2024 (aged 105) |
| Occupation(s) | Holocaust survivor and resistance member |
Betty Bausch-Polak (4 November 1919 – 8 November 2024) was a Dutch Jewish survivor of the Holocaust and an active member of the resistance.[1] She traveled internationally to deliver lectures on the perils of racial discrimination and prejudice.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Polak was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Amsterdam. From a young age, she recognized the dangers posed by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis ans actively protested against them.[4] She aspired to migrate to the Palestine Mandate and therefore undertook agricultural training. In 1939, she married Philip de Leeuw, a Jewish economist who was serving as a section commander of a border battalion in Dinxperlo at the time.[5]
Life
[edit]At an early age, she recognized the threat posed by Adolf Hitler and actively opposed it.[6] In 1939, she wed the Jewish economist, Philip de Leeuw.[7] During World War II, they made unsuccessful attempts to escape to England by ship. Subsequently, De Leeuw was executed in retaliation. Her parents, in-laws, and sister perished in different concentration camps.[8][9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ Gröschler, Änne (7 August 2020). Aus dieser schweren Zeit: Eine Jüdin aus Jever berichtet über ihre Verfolgung durch die Nationalsozialisten und ihre Rettung durch den "Transport 222" vom KZ Bergen-Belsen 1944 nach Palästina (in German). Fuego. ISBN 978-3-86287-228-2.
- ^ Göbel, Esther (14 February 2012). Een hemel zonder vogels (in Dutch). Uitgeverij Balans. ISBN 978-94-6003-512-8.
- ^ van der Woude, A. M. (1 January 1983), "Het Milieu", Het Noorderkwartier, BRILL, pp. 19–60, doi:10.1163/9789004613546_006, ISBN 978-90-04-61354-6, retrieved 28 November 2024
- ^ "Indexen". archief.amsterdam. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Holocaust-overlevende Betty Bausch-Polak (105) overleden". RD.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Dutch Holocaust survivor tells what her blue eyes have seen". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ https://onlinemuseumdebilt.nl/wp-content/uploads/L.J.TH-van-Vlodorp-Herdenkingsmonument-bij-Jagtlust-en-Het-kruis-op-de-berg-Een-tragedie.pdf
- ^ "Copie, |van twee missiven, geschreven, by de steden, Kampen en Zwol, aen die van Deventer; raeckende de behoorlijcke presentatie der voornoemde steden". Dutch Pamphlets Online. doi:10.1163/2214-8264_dutchpamphlets-kb0-kb08872. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "29 Holocaust & Genocide Stud. 515 (2015) Recently Published Works in Holocaust and Genocide Studies". heinonline.org. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Holocaust-overlevende Betty Bausch-Polak (105) overleden". Retrieved 28 November 2024.
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