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"content": "<p>In 1941-1942, Abraham (Bram) Asscher was a classmate of Margot Frank in class 4b2 at the Jewish Lyceum, Amsterdam. Together with his brother Jeannot, he was in camp Westerbork from 29 September 1943 to 13 September 1944.<sup data-footnote-id=\"ycrle\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup> Although he was not in the punishment barracks, during this period he saw Margot and her family in the camp and wrote about it to his mother.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Bram Asscher was a nephew (the son of a brother) of Abraham Asscher of the Jewish Council. His mother, Stephanie Fischer, remarried a non-Jew after the death of her first husband (Bram's father). As a result, she had a Sperre — an exemption from deportation — as a mixed marriage. Her sons, however, as children of two Jewish parents, did not have this protection. Together with his brother Jeannot, Bram was transported to the Westerbork transit camp on 29 September 1943. On 13 September 1944 he was deported as part of the 'diamond group' to the Sternlager of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Both brothers survived the camps and were liberated in Hillesleben in May 1945.<sup data-footnote-id=\"ycrle\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<h1><strong>Letter</strong></h1>\r\n\r\n<p>Bram was in Westerbork in the 'free' camp section. He was allowed to write a letter or two every fourteen days and to receive parcels. On 25 August 1944, Bram wrote to his mother from Westerbork that Margot, Anne and their parents had been locked up in the punishment barracks in camp Westerbork:<em> 'Mama, do you know that Margot is here? That friend of Trees. You remember her, don't you? She's in the S with her parents and sister. Very sad!'</em> Bram also thanked his mother in the letter for the beautiful toothbrush and other items.<sup data-footnote-id=\"dgjgy\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>This letter is one of the few personal sources which refer to the presence of the Frank family in Westerbork.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to Ina Polak, he married Trees Lek..<sup data-footnote-id=\"w1zbd\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> It is not known when.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Source personal data.</em><sup data-footnote-id=\"pjpsl\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup> <em>Addresses: </em>Beethovenstraat 122 II, Amsterdam (’36); Stadionkade 41 hs (’41).<sup data-footnote-id=\"unqap\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"ycrle\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-2\">b</a> </sup><cite>Joodse Raad kaart Abraham Asscher, <a href=\"https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/130252763\" target=\"_blank\">Document ID: 130252763</a>, Arolsen Archives.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"dgjgy\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork, RA 1090, Bram Asscher aan familie D.L. Tollenaar, 24 augustus 1944. Zie ook: Eva Moraal, <em>Als ik morgen niet op transport ga... Kamp Westerbork in beleving en herinnering</em>, Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2014, p. 363.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"w1zbd\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite> E-mail van Dienke Hondius, 26 februari 2012.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"pjpsl\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Referred to by Anne as <em>Bram.</em> Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 23 March 1944, in: Anne Frank, <em>The Collected Works, </em>transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty. - London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"unqap\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Stephanie Fischer.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"content_nl": "<p>Abraham (Bram) Asscher was in het jaar <strong>1941-1942 </strong>een klasgenoot van Margot Frank in klas 4b2 van het Joods Lyceum in Amsterdam. Samen met zijn broer Jaennot zat hij van <strong>29 september 1943</strong> tot <strong>13 september 1944</strong> in kamp Westerbork.<sup data-footnote-id=\"5ty6d\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup> Hoewel hij niet in de strafbarak zat, zag hij in deze periode Margot en haar familie in het kamp en schreef daarover aan zijn moeder. </p>\r\n\r\n<p>Bram Asscher was een neef (de zoon van een broer) van Abraham Asscher van de Joodsche Raad. Zijn moeder, Stephanie Fischer, hertrouwde na het overlijden van haar eerste echtgenoot (de vader van Bram) met een niet-Joodse man. Zij had daardoor als gemengd gehuwde een Sperre - een vrijstelling voor deportatie. Haar zoons hadden als kinderen van twee Joodse ouders deze bescherming echter niet. Samen met zijn broer Jeannot werd Bram op <strong>29 september 1943</strong> overgebracht naar doorgangskamp Westerbork. Op<strong> 13</strong> <strong>september 1944</strong> werd hij als onderdeel van de ‘diamantgroep’ gedeporteerd naar het Sternlager van concentratiekamp Bergen-Belsen. Beide broers overleefden de kampen en werden in <strong>mei 1945</strong> in Hillesleben bevrijd.<sup data-footnote-id=\"5ty6d\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<h1><strong>Brief</strong></h1>\r\n\r\n<p>Bram zat in Westerbork in het ‘vrije’ kampdeel. Hij mocht eens in de veertien dagen een brief of twee kaarten schrijven en pakjes ontvangen. Op <strong>25 augustus 1944</strong> schreef Bram vanuit Westerbork aan zijn moeder dat Margot, Anne en hun ouders in de strafbarak van kamp Westerbork waren opgesloten: ‘<em>Mama, weet U dat Margot hier is? Dat vriendinnetje van Trees. U kent haar zeker nog wel he? Zij is met haar ouders en zusje in de S. Erg jammer!</em>’ Bram bedankte zijn moeder in de brief verder voor de mooie tandenborstel en andere spulletjes.<sup data-footnote-id=\"dgjgy\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>Deze brief is een van de weinige persoonlijke bronnen, waarin wordt verwezen naar de aanwezigheid van de familie Frank in Westerbork.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Bron persoonsgegevens.<em><sup data-footnote-id=\"pjpsl\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup></em> Adressen:</em><strong> </strong>Beethovenstraat 122 II, Amsterdam (’36); Stadionkade 41 hs (’41).<sup data-footnote-id=\"unqap\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"5ty6d\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-2\">b</a> </sup><cite>Joodse Raad kaart Abraham Asscher, <a href=\"https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/130252763\" target=\"_blank\">Document ID: 130252763</a>, Arolsen Archives.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"dgjgy\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork, RA 1090, Bram Asscher aan familie D.L. Tollenaar, 24 augustus 1944. Zie ook: Eva Moraal, <em>Als ik morgen niet op transport ga... Kamp Westerbork in beleving en herinnering</em>, Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2014, p. 363.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"pjpsl\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Wordt door Anne aangeduid als: <em>Bram</em>. Anne Frank, Dagboek A, 23 maart 1944, in: <em>Verzameld werk</em>, Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2013.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"unqap\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Stephanie Fischer.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
"content_en": "<p>In 1941-1942, Abraham (Bram) Asscher was a classmate of Margot Frank in class 4b2 at the Jewish Lyceum, Amsterdam. Together with his brother Jeannot, he was in camp Westerbork from 29 September 1943 to 13 September 1944.<sup data-footnote-id=\"ycrle\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup> Although he was not in the punishment barracks, during this period he saw Margot and her family in the camp and wrote about it to his mother.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Bram Asscher was a nephew (the son of a brother) of Abraham Asscher of the Jewish Council. His mother, Stephanie Fischer, remarried a non-Jew after the death of her first husband (Bram's father). As a result, she had a Sperre — an exemption from deportation — as a mixed marriage. Her sons, however, as children of two Jewish parents, did not have this protection. Together with his brother Jeannot, Bram was transported to the Westerbork transit camp on 29 September 1943. On 13 September 1944 he was deported as part of the 'diamond group' to the Sternlager of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Both brothers survived the camps and were liberated in Hillesleben in May 1945.<sup data-footnote-id=\"ycrle\"><a href=\"#footnote-1\" id=\"footnote-marker-1-2\" rel=\"footnote\">[1]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<h1><strong>Letter</strong></h1>\r\n\r\n<p>Bram was in Westerbork in the 'free' camp section. He was allowed to write a letter or two every fourteen days and to receive parcels. On 25 August 1944, Bram wrote to his mother from Westerbork that Margot, Anne and their parents had been locked up in the punishment barracks in camp Westerbork:<em> 'Mama, do you know that Margot is here? That friend of Trees. You remember her, don't you? She's in the S with her parents and sister. Very sad!'</em> Bram also thanked his mother in the letter for the beautiful toothbrush and other items.<sup data-footnote-id=\"dgjgy\"><a href=\"#footnote-2\" id=\"footnote-marker-2-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[2]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<p>This letter is one of the few personal sources which refer to the presence of the Frank family in Westerbork.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to Ina Polak, he married Trees Lek..<sup data-footnote-id=\"w1zbd\"><a href=\"#footnote-3\" id=\"footnote-marker-3-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[3]</a></sup> It is not known when.</p>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Source personal data.</em><sup data-footnote-id=\"pjpsl\"><a href=\"#footnote-4\" id=\"footnote-marker-4-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[4]</a></sup> <em>Addresses: </em>Beethovenstraat 122 II, Amsterdam (’36); Stadionkade 41 hs (’41).<sup data-footnote-id=\"unqap\"><a href=\"#footnote-5\" id=\"footnote-marker-5-1\" rel=\"footnote\">[5]</a></sup></p>\r\n\r\n<section class=\"footnotes\">\r\n<header>\r\n<h2>Footnotes</h2>\r\n</header>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"ycrle\" id=\"footnote-1\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-1\">a</a>, <a href=\"#footnote-marker-1-2\">b</a> </sup><cite>Joodse Raad kaart Abraham Asscher, <a href=\"https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/130252763\" target=\"_blank\">Document ID: 130252763</a>, Arolsen Archives.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"dgjgy\" id=\"footnote-2\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-2-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Herinneringscentrum Kamp Westerbork, RA 1090, Bram Asscher aan familie D.L. Tollenaar, 24 augustus 1944. Zie ook: Eva Moraal, <em>Als ik morgen niet op transport ga... Kamp Westerbork in beleving en herinnering</em>, Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, 2014, p. 363.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"w1zbd\" id=\"footnote-3\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-3-1\">^</a> </sup><cite> E-mail van Dienke Hondius, 26 februari 2012.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"pjpsl\" id=\"footnote-4\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-4-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Referred to by Anne as <em>Bram.</em> Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 23 March 1944, in: Anne Frank, <em>The Collected Works, </em>transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty. - London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.</cite></li>\r\n\t<li data-footnote-id=\"unqap\" id=\"footnote-5\"><sup><a href=\"#footnote-marker-5-1\">^</a> </sup><cite>Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Stephanie Fischer.</cite></li>\r\n</ol>\r\n</section>",
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"summary": "Bram Asscher was a classmate of Margot Frank at the Jewish Lyceum, Amsterdam. He wrote a letter from camp Westerbork to his mother in which he mentions seeing Margot and her family.",
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