4-5 July 1942:
On 4 July 1942, the Zentralstelle sent the first few thousand call-ups
via post. The call-ups arrived at their destinations on the following day, a Sunday.
Many of those called up were teenagers. One of these was Margot Frank. At least two others were teens
that Anne or Margot were acquainted with:
Heinz Felix Markovits (son of Fritzi),
and Hansi Klein's sister.
(For less dire orders and rules, the Nazis communicated via the Jewish
Council, which they created.)
30 Sept 1942:
Writing in her diary in the secret annexe, Anne Frank mentioned this
location:
"The poor old people are taken outside at night and then they have to walk for instance as far as Adama v. Scheltemaplein in a whole procession with children and everything then when they arrive at Adama v. Scheltemaplein, they are sent to Ferdinand Bolstraat and from there back to A. v. Scheltemaplein and that's how they plague these poor people. Also they throw water over them if they scream. How lucky we are to be here."
Regarding the three teens I mentioned, Margot and Heinz each went
into hiding but were betrayed and died in Hitler's concentration camps.
The Klein girls were saved by their persistent grandmother who used the
Nazi authorities' meticulous race consciousness to gain exemptions.
cross street to the rest of the 'Euterpestraat' |
teleport to two former Nazis' home |