Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Occupation currency note, valued at 500 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942. The Germans occupied these Czech provinces in 1939, and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the Greater German Reich. The Czech garrison town of Theresienstadt (Terezin) was located within the Protectorate near the extended German border.
- Date
-
issue:
1942 February 24
- Geography
-
issue:
Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Diana Nikkels
- Markings
- front, over medallion, printed in black ink : DIESE NACH DEN GESETZEN VOM 14.APRIL 1920, SLG.NR.347,UNDVOM 23.APRIL 1925,SLG.NR.102, UND / NACH DER REGIERUNGSVERORDNUNG VOM 31.MÄRZ 1939.SLG.NR.96, AUSGEGEBENE BANKNOTE GILT: / TATO BANKOVKA,VYDANÁ PODLE ZÁKONŮ SE DNE 14.DUBNA 1920, Č.347,SB.,AZE DNE 23.DUBNA 1925, / Č.102,SB.,A PODLE VLÁDNÍHO NAŘÍZENÍ ZE DNE 31.BŘEZNA 1939, Č.96.SB., PLATÍ: / FÜNF HUNDERT KRONEN / PĚT SET KORUN / PRAG,DEN 24.FEBRUAR 1942. - V PRAZE DNE 24.ÚNORA 1942. / NATIONALBANK FÜR BÖHMEN UND MÄHREN IN PRAG / NÁRODNÍ BANKA PRO ČECHY A MORAVU V PRAZE / three illegible signatures / BANKRAT - BANKOVNÍ RADA GOUVERNEUR - GUVERNÉR OBERDIREKTOR - VRCHNÍ ŘEDITEL / NACHMACHUNG
front, over medallion, printed in black ink : WIRD BESTRAFT. - PADĚLÁNÍ SE TREST
front center in banner beneath portrait, letters color of paper with black printed outline : PETER BRANDL 1668-1735
serial number, front lower left corner, printed in red ink : CH 123505
front left corner, below border, printed in black ink : P. BRANDL PINX.cca 1695
front bottom center, below border, printed in black ink : BANKNOTENDBUCKERET DER NATIONALBANK FÜR BÖHMEN UND MÄHREN IN PRAG / TISKARNA BANKOVEK NÁRODNÍ BANKY PRO ČECHY A MORAVU V PRAZE
Physical Details
- Classification
-
Exchange Media
- Category
-
Money
- Object Type
-
Occupation currency (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular offwhite paper currency. Face has a thick black geometric border with the numeric denomination in the top and bottom right corners. Inside the left border is a medallion design in black, pink, purple, and orange, with 500 in the center. Over the medallion is black text in German and Czech. To the right is a rectangular portrait image of a man, Peter Brandl, in a jacket and a hat. The numeric denomination is in the upper and bottom left outer corner; the denomination on the bottom left is within a geometric medallion. Above the denomination on the bottom left is the serial number in red ink. The back has a geometric border of orange, red, and green ink, and an inner border of black and green ink with the numeric and text denomination repeating within the borders on an orange and green geometric background. On the left side is a large medallion of orange, green, pink, brown and purple with the numeric denomination in the center. To the right is a red shield with a white lion facing right. Over the shield is black text in German and Czech. The numeric denomination is in orange ink within a medallion of orange and green in the lower right corner, outside the border. There are 2 lines of text, listing the denomination, in black and purple ink in the upper right outer corner.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 7.750 inches (19.685 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Diana Nikkels, the granddaughter of Abigael de Vries and the daughter of Ingeborg de Vries Nikkels.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:26:18
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn39039
Also in Abigael de Vries family collection
The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Abigael de Vries, Ingeborg de Vries Nikkels, Simon Berklou, and friends in the Netherlands during World War II.
Date: 1940-1947
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note, issued to a Dutch Jewish inmate
Object
Scrip, valued at 1 krone, that may have been issued to Abigael de Vries in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt and was there when the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note, issued to a Dutch Jewish inmate
Object
Scrip, valued at 2 kronen, that may have been issued to Abigael de Vries in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt and was there when the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 2 kronen note, issued to a Dutch Jewish inmate
Object
Scrip, valued at 2 kronen, that may have been issued to Abigael de Vries in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt and was there when the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note, issued to a Dutch Jewish inmate
Object
Scrip, valued at 5 kronen, that may have been issued to Abigael de Vries in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt and was there when the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note, issued to a Dutch Jewish inmate
Object
Scrip, valued at 10 kronen, that may have been issued to Abigael de Vries in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt and was there when the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note, issued to a Dutch Jewish inmate
Object
Scrip, valued at 10 kronen, that may have been issued to Abigael de Vries in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt and was there when the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note, issued to a Dutch Jewish inmate
Object
Scrip, valued at 20 kronen, that may have been issued to Abigael de Vries in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt and was there when the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, issued to a Dutch Jewish inmate
Object
Scrip, valued at 50 kronen, that may have been issued to Abigael de Vries in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt and was there when the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, issued to a Dutch Jewish inmate
Object
Scrip, valued at 50 kronen, that may have been issued to Abigael de Vries in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt and was there when the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, issued to a Dutch Jewish inmate
Object
Scrip, valued at 100 kronen, that may have been issued to Abigael de Vries in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt and was there when the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, issued to a Dutch Jewish inmate
Object
Scrip, valued at 100 kronen, that may have been issued to Abigael de Vries in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt and was there when the camp was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
German occupation currency note, 10 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Object
Occupation currency note, valued at 20 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942. The Germans occupied these Czech provinces from 1939-1945, and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the Greater German Reich. The Czech garrison town of Theresienstadt (Terezin) was located within the Protectorate near the extended German border.
German occupation currency note, 20 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Object
Occupation currency note, valued at 20 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942. The Germans occupied these Czech provinces in 1939, and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the Greater German Reich. The Czech garrison town of Theresienstadt (Terezin) was located within the Protectorate near the extended German border.
German occupation currency note, 20 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Object
Occupation currency note, valued at 20 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942. The Germans occupied these Czech provinces in 1939, and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the Greater German Reich. The Czech garrison town of Theresienstadt (Terezin) was located within the Protectorate near the extended German border.
German occupation currency note, 20 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Object
Occupation currency note, valued at 20 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942. The Germans occupied these Czech provinces in 1939, and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the Greater German Reich. The Czech garrison town of Theresienstadt (Terezin) was located within the Protectorate near the extended German border.
German occupation currency note, 100 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Object
Occupation currency note, valued at 100 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942. The Germans occupied these Czech provinces in 1939, and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the Greater German Reich. The Czech garrison town of Theresienstadt (Terezin) was located within the Protectorate near the extended German border.
German occupation currency note, 100 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Object
Occupation currency note, valued at 100 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1940. The Germans occupied these Czech provinces in 1939, and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the Greater German Reich. The Czech garrison town of Theresienstadt (Terezin) was located within the Protectorate near the extended German border.
German occupation currency note, 100 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Object
Occupation currency note, valued at 100 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942. The Germans occupied these Czech provinces in 1939, and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the Greater German Reich. The Czech garrison town of Theresienstadt (Terezin) was located within the Protectorate near the extended German border.
German occupation currency note, 100 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Object
Occupation currency note, valued at 100 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1940. The Germans occupied these Czech provinces in 1939, and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the Greater German Reich. The Czech garrison town of Theresienstadt (Terezin) was located within the Protectorate near the extended German border.
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, 100 kronen note, issued in German occupied Czechosloavakia
Object
Occupation currency note, valued at 100 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1940. Germany occupied these Czech provinces in March 1939, and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the Greater German Reich. The Czech garrison town of Theresienstadt (Terezin) was located within the Protectorate near the extended German border.
Imperial Germany Reichsbanknote, 100 marks, 100 marks, issued in 1908
Object
100 mark bank note issued in Imperial Germany in 1908. This note has a green seal which indicates it was printed post World War I (1914-1918.)
Luxembourg currency note, 5 francs, issued during the war
Object
5 franc bank note in use in 1944 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Luxembourg currency note, 10 francs, issued during the war
Object
10 franc bank note in use in 1944 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Austria paper currency note, 10 schillings, issued postwar
Object
10 schillings bank note issued by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria, in 1950.
Straits Settlements and Malay States paper currency note, 50 cents, issued during World War II
Object
50 cents bank note issued in the Straits Settlements and Malay States in 1941. These settlements were colonies of Great Britain from 1867-1946. Beginning in 1939, the Malay dollar was recognized as leqal tender.
Italy currency note, 2 lire, issued by the Fascist government
Object
2 lire bank note issued in Italy from 1935-1944 when it was ruled by the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini.
Peru currency note, 5 soles de oro, issued postwar
Object
5 soles de oro bank note issued by the Banco Central de Reserva del Perú in Peru in 1956.
Brazil currency note, 100 cruzeiros, issued postwar
Object
100 cruzeiros bank note issued in Brazil.
Brazil currency note, 200 cruzeiros, issued postwar.
Object
200 cruzeiros bank note issued in Brazil.
Brazilian cigar box
Object
Cigar box use to hold ration stamps that may have belonged to Abigail de Vries or her children. It is for a Brazilian cigar brand, but has a Dutch label on the bottom. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt which was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen for several months to regain her health. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.
Diana Nikkels papers
Document
Collection of documents, memoirs, and photographs relating to Ingeborg De Vries [donor's mother] and Abigail De Vries [donor's grandmother] as well as their friends Simon Berklou and others who survived the Holocaust in Holland and Theresienstadt. The collection includes identification cards issued by the Jewish Council of Amsterdam, permits, and orders.
Star of David badge with Jood for Jew worn by a Dutch Jewish woman
Object
Star of David badge issued to Abigael de Vries in the Netherlands in 1942-1943. Abigael was living in Amsterdam with her two children, 10 year old Hansje and 9 year old Ingeborg, when it was occupied by Germany in May 1940. The family was deported to Westerbork transit camp on May 26, 1943. In September, the children were released and sent to an orphanage in Amsterdam. Abigael was deported the next day to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. On January 25, 1944, she was transferred to Theresienstadt which was liberated by Soviet troops on May 9, 1945. She was able to return to Amsterdam in July 1945. Her children were with her sisters who had taken custody of them from the orphanage in 1943. Hansje was paralyzed from the neck down, having been shot in the neck by a German soldier on April 23, 1945, while foraging for coal with his sister. Amsterdam had experienced severe food and fuel emergencies since the spring of 1945 so Abigael sent Inge to Copenhagen for several months to regain her health. Hansje died of his injuries on July 11, 1946.