Bloeme Evers-Emden

Dutch child psychologist

Bloeme Evers-Emden (Dutch pronunciation: [blumə eːvərs ɛmdən]; 26 July 1927 – 18 July 2016) was a Jewish-Dutch academic and child psychologist. She researched the phenomenon of "hidden children" during World War II and wrote four books on the subject in the 1990s.

Bloeme Evers-Emden
BornBloeme Evers
5 July 1927
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died18 July 2016 (aged 89)
Herzliya, Israel
Resting placeIsrael
OccupationAcademic, child psychologist
LanguageDutch
NationalityDutch
SubjectHidden children of World War II
Notable worksGeleende Kinderen (Borrowed Children)
Ondergedoken Geweest, Een Afgesloten Verleden? (Hidden During the War: A Closed-Off Past?)
Geschonden Bestaan (Shattered Existence)
Je ouders delen (Sharing Your Parents)
Notable awardsOrde van Oranje-Nassau
SpouseHans Evers
ChildrenRaphael Evers

Her interest in the topic grew out of her own experiences during World War II, when she was forced to go into hiding from the Nazis and was arrested and deported to Auschwitz on the last transport leaving the Westerbork transit camp on 3 September 1944. Together with her on the train were Anne Frank and her family, whom she had known in Amsterdam. She was freed on 8 May 1945.

She wrote columns for the Jewish weekly Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad.

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