Sint Rochusstraat 33

Eugen Benjamin was born on April 4, 1900 in Langendernbach, Germany. His father, Nathan Benjamin, is a cattle dealer by trade and pastor of the local synagogue. The family is prosperous and owns a number of plots in Langendernbach.
Eugen Benjamin becomes nel like his father a cattle dealer. He married Sofie Heijmann, born on July 28, 1897 in Horrem, Germany. The couple has a child: Ilse.
She was born in Moerath on June 27, 1927. Ilse is one of only two Jewish children at the primary school in Langendernbach. She is a very good student. Because
she is Jewish she is discriminated against and treated very badly by one of her teachers.

Even before the 'Kristallnacht' in 1938, the Benjamins try to flee to the Netherlands. To get money, they want to sell a piece of arable land. The mayor of the village is trying to prevent the sale because Jewish lands would be sold cheaply to Nazi officials. In the end, the land is officially sold for a very low price, but the buyers secretly give the Benjamins the rest of the sale price.

Eugen and Sofie Benjamin fled from Langendernbach to the Netherlands in early 1938. They have already sent their daughter Ilse to Brussels, together with her nephew Walter, to her aunt Billa. When the Germans occupy Belgium, Ilse and Werner go into hiding with nuns in Belgium. However, Ilse prefers to go to her parents in Eindhoven. In 's-Hertogenbosch she visits the Jewish Lyceum. Her cousin Walter and 27 other Jewish children are brought to America and survived the war.
The Benjamin family lives in Eindhoven. together with other Jewish refugees from Germany, in a refugee boarding house in St. Rochusstraat. Horst Eichenwald lives with the family for a while. In July 1939, Eugen Benjamin was deprived of his German nationality. On 29 August 1942 the family was taken to Westerbork. When they are deported, a list is made of the contents of their home.
On August 31, 1942, the family was deported from Westerbork. Sofie Benjamin-Heijmann and her daughter Ilse are murdered on arrival in Auschwitz on September 3, 1942.
Eugen Benjamin was murdered on March 31, 1944 in Central Europe.

Horst Eichenwald was born on July 13, 1932 in Erwitte, near Lippstadt. It is the first child of Walter and Lenie Eichenwald.
When the threat of the Nazi regime becomes palpable, Walter and Lenie decide to send their eldest son Horst to the Netherlands. The Dutch border is already closed to Jewish adults, but an exception is being made for children, also under pressure from public opinion and because children will not end up on the labor market anyway.
Horst ended up in Bergen aan Zee on 28 July 1939, in the Zeehuis. A large group of Jewish children is taken care of at that location. In that same summer. he is placed with the Kiek family in Eindhoven. Horst has a hard time with his foster parents. The seven-year-old boy suffers from tantrums and is found very difficult. Over time it gets better.
Horst asks his foster mother if he can call her 'Muttie'. When asked why he was so difficult in the beginning he says: "Mich hat auch keiner geliebt."
When Mr. Kiek turned out to be seriously ill, Horst was placed with the Benjamin family at Sint Rochusstraat 33. He stayed there for a little over a year: from May 3, 1940 to July 4, 1941.
Then Horst is transferred again. This time the destination is Tilburg. He is lovingly taken in by Salomon and Katrien Mozes. With the two daughters Roosje and Martha they form a real family. Horst, now called Hans, goes to school and plays with neighborhood children. He is doing well. Until the whole family has to report to camp Vught at the beginning of April.
On 8 June 1943, Horst was deported from Westerbork to Sobibor. There he was gassed immediately upon arrival, on June 11, 1943. Horst Eichenwald is ten years old at that time.

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