For deceased residents of Pasop camp

The memorial stones on the Tongerenseweg, just outside the village of Vierhouten, were erected in memory of eight Jews who did not survive the hiding camp Het Verscholen Dorp – or Pas Opkamp.
The monument consists of two stones of black marble. Both stones bear texts, names and a Star of David. Six of them were executed at this location on 31 October 1944. The other two died on De Paasheuvel.
The eight Jews had a hiding place in the hiding camp on the Pas Opweg. Approximately eighty people stayed there from April 1943 to the end of October 1944. They included Jews, people who did not want to work in Germany, resistance fighters and English and American soldiers. Even a deserted German soldier and an escaped Russian prisoner of war stayed there.
The camp was discovered by chance by two Landstormers (a German army unit). Most of the residents were able to flee. Eight Jews were captured and locked up in the cellar of De Paasheuvel in Vierhouten. Kaatje Gompes-Schoonhoed (66 years old) died in the cellar. While digging the grave at De Paasheuvel, her husband Max Gompes (73 years old) was murdered. The couple came from Arnhem.

Walking back to camp

The remaining six Jews had to walk back to the camp with a shovel to be shot there. The SD officer Frankenstein (an Austrian) had come up with that. Together with another SD officer, the Belgian Van ‘d Joos and three Landstormers (aged 42, 18 and 17) the execution had to be carried out. Panic arose on the way and Frankenstein decided not to go any further. Three holes were dug and the six Jews were shot. A six-year-old boy was the last. They are:

• The De Leeuw family from Almelo: father Arnold de Leeuw (58 years old), mother Louise Mathilde de Leeuw-Weijl (50 years old) and their son Johan de Leeuw (28 years old). One daughter had not gone into hiding in Vierhouten and survived the war.
• The Meijers family from Voorburg: father Arend Samuel Meijers (45 years old) and his son John Roedolf ​​(6 years old). The mother and daughter survived the war.
• Hartog Speijer (59 years old) from Amsterdam. His wife and two children were in hiding elsewhere and survived.

Unveiling of memorial stones

On the initiative of the Het Verscholen Dorp Foundation, the memorial stones were placed and unveiled on 4 May 1994. This was done by relatives of the Jews who died: Mrs Meijers-de Kadt, Wieke Löwenhardt and Floris Loman. A commemoration is held every year on 4 May.