Rolf Blankenstein came from Germany as a refugee and found a job in Boxmeer as a butler for the Lion family and a man of all work at their tannery.
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This person is commemorated on a memorial in Boxmeer. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch)…
Rolf came to the Netherlands in November 1938. He went straight to Boxmeer, somehow evading all the procedures refugees had to undergo.
Who were his parents?
The Lion family owned a tannery at 156 Steenstraat, that was run by Maurits and his brother Joseph. His twinsister Theresia (Trees) ran their household.
They were the children of Levi Lion and Rosetta van Leeuwen.
Betsie Cohen and Rolf Blankenstein were employees living with the family.
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