Rose Marie Frijda Bouman (* 1942) was taken into hiding by her mother as a Jewish baby. The plan was that her parents would initially hide on a farm and later reunite with their daughter. But Frijda never saw her mother and father again – they were murdered in the Sobibor extermination camp. For the first four years, Frijda lived with a family she considered her parents. In 1947, she was taken away by her great-aunt, who claimed that she and her husband were her parents. Frijda only found out the truth about her biological parents at the age of 18. After the war, she worked as a social worker and orthopaedagogue. Later, Rose Marie Frijda Bouman worked at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam and undertook several voluntary activities. She is married to Salomon Bouman.
