• The Women's March 1945

Date of birth:

February 16th, 1914 (Amsterdam/Noord-Holland, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

June 15th, 1987 (Groningen/Groningen, the Netherlands)

Nationality:

Dutch

During the German invasion of Groningen, Nora was 26 years old and lived at Steentilstraat 49. Her alias, Dity, was used in the resistance.
Nora was arrested on November 22, 1944. She spent two days in the Scholtenhuis, then in a detention center, and was deported to Camp Westerbork on April 6, 1945.

The Women's March 1945.
A total of 116 women are imprisoned in Camp Westerbork, originating from active resistance families from central and northeastern Netherlands. Assembled in Westerbork between 21 March and 6 April 1945 from 4 Sicherheitsdienst (SD) prisons in the country:
• Willem III Barracks in Apeldoorn – approximately 75 women come from here from Putten, Barneveld, Ermelo, Ede, Veenendaal, Utrecht
• House of Detention in Groningen – approximately 20 women, 16 of whom from Groningen or the surrounding area
• House of Detention in Zwolle – 12 women from Zwolle, 3 from Kampen and 2 women from Hellendoorn and Beerzerveld
• De Kruisberg in Doetinchem – most women from the Willem III barracks in Apeldoorn were held here for a few more days, together with a few prisoners from Zutphen, Twello, Lutten aan de Dedemsvaart.
The women have all ranks and ages, ranging from 17 to 63 years. Among them pregnant girls, a baroness, strict reformed people next to a reviled communist, and a fortune teller.
Nora was one of them.

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• - DOORN, I. VAN & SENNEMA, H., Vrouwenmars 1945, Stichting Vrouwenmars 1945, 2025.
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