My foster parents
Next we moved to another children’s home in Amsterdam. In
July 1938 I met my foster-parents. My foster-father was named “Is” and
he and his wife also had a daughter named Gerda. They did not mind me
being Jewish. When he collected me from the Jewish children’s home and
brought me to their two-storey rented house – his wife Anni greeted me
with civility. Then she took me by the hand and led me to a small
bedroom. Gerda was standing there. Anni introduced us to each other and
said that from now on Gerda and I would be friends and that I would
share a room with her so that I would not feel so lonely. Still, I was
glad when it was time to wash and go to bed as I was very tired by
then. As I lay in bed I thought how I had never been so far away from
Herbert and how I missed him.
Amsterdam
- Amstelkade
where Margot lived from 1939 to about 1945.
(B1)
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(1) Margot und Herbert cam to Amsterdam on the 17th of June 1939
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http://www.dokin.nl/deceased-children/herbert-cohen-born-23-jan-1931
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http://www.dokin.nl/surviving-children/Margot-Cohen-born-24-Nov-1932
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