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1942: WWII POW notice for Klaas Siersema	This is a POW notice sent from the Nazis to Klaas “Niek” Siersema’s wife, Maria Wilhelmina Siersema-van Erp, in 1942.
 Posted in 1942, Klaas Siersema, POW letters, WWII	 Tagged 1942, ancestry, Fuhrer, Helena de Wit, Klaas Siersema, Maria Wilhelmina Siersema-Van Erp, Nazis, POW
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May 26, 2013 @ 5:22 pm	On may 15 1942 (the date of the POW notice) Johan Siersema was only 17 years old. So I doubt that this notice is for Johan Siersema. It must have been for his father Klaas Siersema.
May 30, 2013 @ 5:19 pm	Oh, wow. I think you’re right. I check the signature against another document I have for Klaas Siersema and it matches. No one in my family had ever mentioned he was a POW before my grandfather was. …I wonder if that contributed to my grandfather’s actions during the war. I would guess so. Thanks Anje!
May 26, 2013 @ 5:35 pm	The WWI POW notice that Lenie de Wit received was for “Broeders”: this name is written after “voornaam en familienaam”. Isn’t that the family doctor she had a relationship with after her divorce ?
May 30, 2013 @ 5:18 pm	Oh, yes. Broeders is the doctor she lived with following her divorce from my great-grandfather. I was thinking the part where it says “Broeders and Lenie de Wit” with the address was where the letter was going. You think he was the prisoner? I’ll have to see if I have his signature on anything.
June 7, 2013 @ 6:34 pm	It says “Broeders p.a. Lenie de Wit”. This means “for Broeders per adress Lenie de Wit”. So yes, Broeders was the prisoner.