Erika Van Hesteren Research Paper

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Erika Van Hesteren lived with her family in the southern part of Amsterdam before the Nazi invade them. In 1941, German officers brought many Jews from street and homes moved to ghetto including Erika and her family. Gideon,Erika’s boyfriend,who is Germany, was working for an underground organization at that time built a wonderful hiding place in rectangular space under their eaves. He fixed up a small wooden door that opened from the bottom , and then hung different things in front of it. Nobody would never suspect an entrance there. Inside, He puts all necessary supplies for survival of life. For example, medicines, foods, water, and so on. When the German officers came to the area to move out the Jews people from the place, Erika and her