The prisoners were packed tightly in cattle wagons, without enough food and with only a small barrel for a toilet.Īfter three days on the train, they arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. This was the last train ever to leave Westerbork for the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp. Otto had to work during the day - the kind of work is not known - but in the evening he could be with Edith, Margot, and Anne.Īfter only a few weeks in Westerbork, Otto and the others were put on train travelling to the east. They ended up in the prison barracks, and the men and women were separated. Otto felt guilty when they also took Johannes Kleiman and Victor Kugler.Īfter a few days in prison, Otto and the others were put on a train to the Westerbork transit camp. Otto and the other people in hiding were arrested. The hiding period came to an abrupt end when, on 4 August 1944, Dutch police officers headed by SS-Hauptscharführer Karl Josef Silberbauer unexpectedly raided the Secret Annex. Otto sees his wife and children for the last time
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