Elisabeth Cassutto

She and her brother were split up and sent to the Dutch countryside, to a small village called Hazerswoude-Dorp in the mid-west of Holland.

During that time, Elly had to assimilate herself in the community as a Christian young girl and was told she had to change her last name to Van Tol, a generic Dutch name.

and Mrs. Cassutto were called to become the pastor of the Emmanuel Hebrew Christian Church of Villa Nova, Baltimore County.

)[1] She taught foreign languages and gave many talks in area churches and schools about her war experiences.

Elly's story is included in her late husband's book, The Last Jew of Rotterdam and was known as "The Anne Frank with the Happy Ending."