In this episode, we find the name of Ilse's father on a mysterious list, connected to a labour camp. Did he go there? And what happened at a time when all the Jewish families were being rounded up, but Ilse's father was being set free - for just one week?
We try to get into contact with the boy who lived in the same house as Ilse, in the last months before she was taken away. What would his story be, and will we be able to get in touch with him?
At the Camp Westerbork memorial centre, we take a look at the information in the archives about Ilse, and we come across a last minute effort by het grandmother to try and save Ilse. And we see that it almost succeeded. Almost...
The podcast 'Erased' is an Audiodroom Podcast Production, made in the Netherlands. Production: Richard Grootbod and Patty-Lou Middel-Leenheer. Advice and fact-check: Aline Pennewaard and Janny van der Molen. Music: Mark Lobenstein. Audio and studio support: Gijs Friesen and Marc Reitsma.
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