She Betrayed 50 People to Nazis—Then Her Own Sister Betrayed Her
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The German occupation of the Netherlands began in May 1940. Within days, the Dutch army had surrendered, and the country entered five years of occupation. Anti-Jewish restrictions followed, and from 1942, deportations carried thousands of Dutch Jews through Westerbork to camps including Auschwitz and Sobibor. While members of the Dutch resistance helped families find hiding places and escape routes, others chose collaboration. Among them was Adriana “Jeanne” Valkenburg, an Amsterdam brothel owner already well known to the police before the war. Her story, however, was complicated. Her Jewish partner, Jacob Acohen, was arrested before they could marry and sent to Mauthausen, where he died. Valkenburg subsequently began helping persecuted Jews find hiding places and escape routes, while demanding substantial payments for her assistance. By the spring of 1943, Valkenburg had come to the attention of the German Sicherheitsdienst. Faced with arrest, she agreed to cooperate with the German-c
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