Hetty Esther Verolme (February 1930 – 9 July 2024) was an Australian writer, educator, and Holocaust survivor.
She wrote about her experiences as a child in Bergen-Belsen, and was a founding trustee of Children of Belsen and the Holocaust Trust.
[4] Sister Luba, a Polish prisoner, saved the children and took full responsibility for the group.
[citation needed] On Friday 2 October 1942 at 8:15 am, Verolme's grandmother, grandfather and cousin were taken away and killed.
Verolme lost over 110 Werkendam family members during the Holocaust, in many work and death camps.
With assistance from the Red Cross organisation, the family moved back to the Netherlands.
Once there, she worked as a waitress, bus conductor, door-to-door sales person, real estate agent, and a shopping centre developer.
[1] She has been recognised in various ways: Verolme's two books have been published in Australia, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, and the UK.