Helga Deen (Stettin, April 6, 1925 – Sobibor, July 16, 1943) was the author of a diary, discovered in 2004, which describes her stay in a Dutch prison camp, Kamp Vught, during World War II at the age of 18. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Below is the list of subcamps of Herzogenbusch complex (Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch of Nazi concentration camps, in Dutch known as Kamp Vught After her last diary entry, in early July 1943, she was deported to Sobibór extermination camp and murdered.
Deen wrote the diary for her boyfriend, Kees van den Berg, who kept it hidden after the war. After his death his son presented the diary to archivists in Tilburg. Tilburg ( is a Municipality and a City in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.
A memorial stone to Helga and her family has been placed by a member of the Dutch Sobibor Foundation on the pathway which used to lead to the gas chambers ('road to heaven'). A photo of the stone will soon be available on the Foundation's website (www. stichtingsobibor. nl, click on 'gedenklaan' and 'links'. )
External links
- Dutch uncover diary of Nazi camp BBC News, 20 October, 2004
- Shades of Anne Frank in Dutch prison camp diary Sydney Morning Herald, October 22, 2004
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