Why Did so Few Jews Survive in Oldambt?

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'That is one of the few who survived.' Foppe Walters was about five years old when his mother uttered those words. Shortly before, he had received a slice of sausage at butcher Gudema's on Engelstilstraat in Winschoten. As a child, he barely understood what his mother meant, but her words stuck with him. Only later did he learn that Gudema was Jewish and belonged to the small group of Jewish residents of Winschoten who had survived the Second Wo…