A Memoir by Jetty and Betty, Child Survivors of the Holocaust
This post is a translation from Dutch of a chapter of a book published in 1985 entitled: "Children of Then; Eyewitnesses of the Second World War in the Netherlands and Soviet Union". It is a memoir by Jetty Furth (nee Dias Santilhano) and Elisabeth ("Betty") Bloom (nee Dias Santilhano), sisters who, together with their mother, were taken from their home in Amsterdam for deportation to concentration camps on 18 March 1943. At the time, Jetty was 14-years-old, Betty 8-years-old. The original Dutch version can be found by clicking here . Jetty circa 1983 JETTY: I've been seeing a psychiatrist for six or seven years now, just like my sister. Every year they assign me another which [my care network] prefers. I don't know why. I used to use valium, 20 tablets a day. I was able to stop a year ago now. BETTY: I've been addicted for 23 years now. When the second world war began, I was six-years-old, Jetty was 12. We lived in the Eastern part