Abstract:

This article sketches the historical background of Sieg Maandag's story. His father was a Jewish diamond worker who, when the Netherlands were occupied by the Germans, was exempted from deportation. The Germans wanted to set up a diamond industry of their own and the diamond workers managed to negotiate their exemption to include their direct families as well. However, in the course of 1943 the exemption turned out to be temporary. The diamond workers and their wives and children were deported first to the Dutch transit camp Westerbork, then on to Bergen-Belsen. In her 1995 video testimony Lize Elion relates the effect of the exemption on the diamond people, e.g. their decision not to go into hiding because the exemption seemed to offer better chances of survival. From the perspective of a child from a manual worker's family Gerrit Cohensius gives an account of what happened in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen. Personal interviews with Robby Engelander and personal documents from his family give detailed insight into the fate of the men, the women and the children of the diamond transport, of which Sieg Maandag and his family were part too.

摘要：

本文勾勒了Sieg Maandag故事的历史背景。他的父亲是一名犹太钻石工人，当荷兰被德国人占领时，他被免于驱逐出境。德国人想建立自己的钻石行业，钻石工人设法通过谈判获得豁免，将他们的直系亲属也包括在内。然而，在 1943 年期间，豁免证明是暂时的。钻石工人和他们的妻子和孩子首先被驱逐到荷兰的韦斯特博克中转营地，然后被驱逐到卑尔根-贝尔森。在她 1995 年的视频证词中，Lize Elion 讲述了豁免对钻石人的影响，例如他们决定不躲藏起来，因为豁免似乎提供了更好的生存机会。从一个体力劳动者的孩子的角度来看' 他的家人 Gerrit Cohensius 讲述了在 Westerbork 和 Bergen-Belsen 发生的事情。对 Robby Engelander 的个人采访和他家人的个人文件让我们可以详细了解钻石运输中男人、女人和孩子的命运，Sieg Maandag 和他的家人也参与其中。