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Eva Beem Research Paper
Jennifer Grijalva
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February 28, 2012

Biography Of Eva Beem

Eva Beem was the daughter of Hartog and Rosette Beem. She was born on May 21, 1932, in Leeuwarden, Holland. When she was eight-years old,and she was in the school when the Germans invaded Holland in May of 1940. Her father was a high school teacher in the small city of Leeuwarde, in northern Holland. When the Germans invaded. They immediately embarked upon steps to separate the Jews from the rest of the population. Beginning in October 1940, they was liquidated Jewish businesses and banned Jews from most professions. The Dutch population resisted the anti-Jewish measures enacted by the Germans. But the Germans reacted brutally,

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