The story of Eva and Abraham Beem, two young children who were brutally murdered in Auschwitz during World War II, is a heart-wrenching tale of tragedy and loss. The children's parents, Hartog and Rosetta Beem, were left to suffer the devastating news that their children had been killed by four Dutch policemen who had arrested them from their foster home.

Abraham and Eva were only 14 and 6 years old when they were taken away from their foster parents in Ermelo, Gelderland. They had been living under fake names for about two years, attending school and making friends as normal children would. But on February 1944, during the night, the four policemen arrived at their home and took them away.

The children's parents, Hartog and Rosetta Beem, were a Dutch-Jewish historian, linguist, and teacher, and an active member of the Jewish community respectively. They had been hiding in their hometown of Leeuwarden, Friesland, during the war, and were unaware of their children's fate until after the war.

The story of Abraham and Eva Beem was reconstructed by journalist Teake Zijlstra in the late 1980s. It is not known who betrayed the two children to the police, but it is clear that they were victims of a senseless act of violence and hatred.

Their story is a powerful reminder of the horrors of the Holocaust and the importance of remembering and honoring the victims of this tragedy. As we mark Holocaust Remembrance Day tomorrow, let us remember the lives lost, including those of Abraham and Eva Beem, and strive to create a world where such atrocities will never happen again.

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