{"id":1444248,"date":"2022-04-18T14:14:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T18:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444248"},"modified":"2022-04-18T14:15:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T18:15:06","slug":"80-yrs-after-his-loss-of-life-at-auschwitz-a-jewish-mans-precious-possession-has-been-came-back-to-his-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/80-yrs-after-his-loss-of-life-at-auschwitz-a-jewish-mans-precious-possession-has-been-came-back-to-his-family\/","title":{"rendered":"80 Yrs After His Loss of life At Auschwitz, A Jewish Man\u2019s Precious Possession Has Been Came back To His Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F80-yrs-after-his-loss-of-life-at-auschwitz-a-jewish-mans-precious-possession-has-been-came-back-to-his-family%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444248&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Auschwitz-scaled-e1650302317834.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A watch owned by a Dutch Jew \u2014 which was stolen by Nazis during World War II \u2014 was returned to his descendants in working order after being missing for 80 years.<\/p>\n<p><span>In 1910, Alfred Overstrijd a Jewish man living in Rotterdam, Netherlands, made a watch for his brother Louis and gave it to him on his 18th birthday, The New York Times <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/16\/world\/europe\/nazi-soldier-watch-netherlands.html\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>. More than thirty years later, after the German army invaded the Netherlands, Nazi soldiers arrested Louis. That\u2019s when a Dutch historian believes the Nazis took the watch before sending both Overstrijd brothers to Auschwitz \u2014 where Alfred would be murdered during the Holocaust.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Richard van Ameijden, Alfred\u2019s grandson, was emotional after receiving the possession that was taken from his family before they died in the Holocaust. \u201cI think it\u2019s really beautiful and remarkable that this all came together,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt came right out of the blue,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the Times, after the watch was taken by the Nazis, it somehow ended up in a cornfield and then hidden in a farmhouse clock in Belgium. Rob Snijders, a historian, has a theory on how the watch could have traveled so far.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDuring the war, people across Belgium and the Netherlands were forced to accommodate Nazi soldiers,\u201d the Times wrote. \u201cA Belgian farmer named Gustave Janssens housed three soldiers and, unhappy about the situation, made them use a cornfield next door as a bathroom. It\u2019s likely that the watch fell from the pocket of one of the soldiers in the field, Mr. Snijders said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Snijders then believes the farmer housing the Nazis found the watch and saw it belonged the inscription on the back which stated it belonged to Overstrijd. The farmer didn\u2019t give the watch back but instead hid it in his clock. The watch stayed there for the next 80 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When the farmhouse was recently sold, the farmer\u2019s grandson, Pieter, found the watch hidden in the clock. The grandson then emailed Snijders asking for help to find the original owner. Snijders posted information about the watch on social media and within 24 hours, Snijders had a lead on who it belonged to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Snijders planned to meet with van Ameijden and his relatives after finding him on LinkedIn, and he gave the watch back to the family. Van Ameijden told the Times that he would share the watch with his sisters and noted that they were all sad that their mother was not alive to share the possession with them. The living descendants of the Overstrijd brothers said they don\u2019t know much about their ancestors\u2019 stories, but now they have a piece of family history to remember them by.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere were tears, I saw them,\u201d Snijders said after the meeting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Hoe het horloge van opa Alfred na bijna 80 jaar weer terugkwam naar <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rotterdam?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rotterdam<\/a>; een verhaal dat begint met een wildpoepende Duitse soldaat in een Vlaams korenveld. luister \ud83d\udd0a hieronder of lees het verhaal van <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CelinevdBurg_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CelinevdBurg_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DaVwmslhcD\">https:\/\/t.co\/DaVwmslhcD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTV_Rijnmond?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RTV_Rijnmond<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joodsamsterdam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@joodsamsterdam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MAALnNReIt\">pic.twitter.com\/MAALnNReIt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jacco van Giessen (@jaccovangiessen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaccovangiessen\/status\/1513190357294587909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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