When World War II began, there were 150,000 Jews living in Holland.
By the war's end there were just 35,00 survivors
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The younger Snapper children were never told of the De Hartogs' true identities until the end of the war, when one of the older Snapper children caught Uncle Leen kissing Juff. On May 5, 1945, Holland was liberated from Nazi occupation. On that day, the re-united De Hartog family returned to Rotterdam, where Levi and Rosetta resumed their role as caretakers of the Jewish cemetery.
May 5, 1945, Holland was liberated from Nazi occupation and the re-united
De Hartog family bid farewell to the Snappers and prepared to return to Rotterdam
When World War II began, there were 150,000 Jews living in Holland. By the war's end, there were just 35,000 survivors. In 2006, 30 members of the Snapper family and 76 members of the De Hartog family, including Truus, one of the De Hartog daughters whom had visited the Snapper household each evening to see her mother, gathered in Israel to participate in the ceremony at Yad Vashem that recognized Harry and Martha Snapper as Righteous Among the Nations.
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