Rebuilding the Family

When I was a young kid, our family had only a few real friends.

Family Verveer were real friends. They lived some blocks away from us, so we met each other relatively often.

They survived the Holocaust in an unbelievable way in hiding, a mother (Jettie), 3 sons (Jack, Bob, Daan) and a daughter (Chaja) who went as toddler through the hell of concentration camps.

The father who was an active member of the resistance was killed by the Nazis.

Mrs. Verveer was an unbelievably brave woman of huge quality.

Some months ago I ran into an article David (Daan) Verveer wrote about the family.

It is called "Rebuilding the Family" and worth reading every word of it.