Carel van Lier lived with his wife Elisabeth and their children Els, Frans and Joke at Binnenweg 5, later renumbered Binnenweg 7, in Blaricum. Born in The Hague in 1897, Carel became a respected art dealer. After running a gallery in Laren, he opened the influential Kunstzaal Van Lier on the Rokin in Amsterdam. During the war he helped people in hiding, supported artists financially and arranged false identity papers. After resistance fighter Willem Arondéus was arrested, Carel’s name was found in his notebook. On 7 April 1943 Carel was arrested at home. He was sent through several camps, including Amersfoort, Westerbork and Auschwitz, and died of starvation in Mühlenberg near Hanover on 15 March 1945.
