Category:Hollandse Schouwberg (subject)

Hollandse Schouwberg (see Holocaust Children Studies)

• KEYWORDS : Hidden Children -- Jewish Rescuers (Walter Süskind, Henriette Pimentel, Raphael Halverstad, Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk) -- Non-Jewish Rescuers (Johan van Hulst)

Overview

The Hollandsche Schouwburg was a Jewish Theater in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that was used in 1943 as a deportation center during the Holocaust. Children were separated from their parents and hosted in a nursery across the street. With the help of Johan van Hulst and the Dutch Resistance, around 600 children were smuggled outside the nursery and hid in foster families until liberation.

Today, the Hollandse Schouwberg is a Holocaust museum.

The Rescuers

Jewish Rescuers

• Walter Süskind (M / Netherlands, 1906-1945), Holocaust victim -- In 1943, with the help of the Dutch resistance and students of the nearby University of Amsterdam, they were instrumental in saving over 600 Jewish children from the nursery of the Hollandsche Schouwburg who were destined for deportation to Nazi concentration camps.
• Henriette Pimentel (F / Netherlands, 1876-1943), Holocaust victim
• Raphael Halverstad (M / Netherlands, 1904-1978), Holocaust survivor
• Betty Goudsmit-Oudkerk (F / Netherlands, 1924-2020), Holocaust survivor

Non-Jewish Rescuers

• Johan van Hulst (M / Netherlands, 1911-2018)

Book : Betty (2006)