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Document ID: 131973594
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Document Collection: 7-14-1 Documentation of the CLI
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In the Netherlands, in 1953, commotion arose around the guardianship case of Anneke Beekman and around the Betty (Rebecca) Meljado case. Both children are officially assigned to the Jewish community, but are still with the foster parents who looked after them during the war. The police are unable to determine their whereabouts which raises questions about the functioning of the court and in the cooperation of the church, since there are rumors that the children are being hidden in monasteries. In 1954 Betty Meljado found in a Belgian monastery in Sint Truiden. Anne Beekman becomes also found in a Belgian monastery, but manages to escape. When she comes of age in 1961, she returns to the Netherlands