The family of Benedictus Fransman was a religious family, with five children. When the First World War broke out the family moved from Belgium to the Netherlands. They opened a pastry shop in Rotterdam. Benedictus Fransman won many medals as a pastry cook. The family was not rich. When Hitler came i…
On 21 October 1943, two Tilburg policemen arrested Jonas Samuel Fransman, his wife, Mary van der Stam, and a relative of Jonas Samuel’s. Mary was heavily pregnant and was immediately taken to hospital, while the other two were locked up at police headquarters. Mary had a daughter, Jopie Paulina, on …