Elisabeth Appelboom and Philip Flesschedrager did what so many young people of their age did, they fell in love, got married and promised to stay together until death did them part.
For most married couples it is a journey they enjoy for many years to come. But not for Elisabeth and Philip. because death did do them part sooner then they had envisaged.
Philip Flesschedrager was a shop assistant age 21 when he married Elisabeth Appelboom on April 8 1942 a seamstress age also age 21,
They got married in the Synagogue on the Rapenburgerstreet in Amsterdam.
Up until spring time 1942 daily life had been reasonably ‘normal’ for Jews in Amsterdam. It was only on May 3rd it was obligatory for the Jewish population to wear the yellow Star of David.
Little did the newlyweds know that just over 1.5 year later their marriage would come to an end.
On December 26 1943 Philip was killed in Auschwitz age. Elisabeth was killed on January 18 1945, they were both 23.
Elisabeth Appelboom and Philip Flesschedrager had a child that survived the war.
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