The Greenman Family Flashcards
Where did Leon Greenman, and his family, live?
Rotterdam, Netherlands
What are the names of his wife and son?
Wife - Esther (Else).
Son - Barnett, they called him Barney.
What was Leon Greenman’s business and profession?
He was a hairdresser who had a hairdressing business in London.
In what year did Leon contemplated bringing his family out of the Netherlands because of talks of war, but was assured by the British embassy that they would be taken out of the country if war happened.
1938
What year did World War 2 start
1939
What year did Else give birth to their son, Barnett.
September 1940
What happened a few weeks after Barney was born.
- The Nazi’s invaded western Europe and the Netherlands Surrendered.
- The British Embassy staff fled but no evacuation was organised to take Leon and his family out of the country.
- Leon gave their documents to some of their friends but they burnt them because they didn’t want to be accused of helping Jews.
What happened in April 1942.
The Nazi’s ordered all Jews in the Netherlands to wear Yellow stars on their clothes to mark them out as Jewish.
What happened in October 1942.
Leon, his Wife, his Son and Else’s Grandmother were brought to Westerborck Transit camp in the Netherlands.
What happened in January 1943.
The Greenman family and 700 other people were told they were going to be sent east to a labour camp in Poland. The journey lasted 36 hours and during which Barney got ill.
What was the name of the labour camp Leon and his family were taken to?
Auschwitz-Birkenau
How many people, out of the 700 people taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau with Leon survived.
2 - Including Leon.
