Eva Smit (* 1939) was born into a Jewish family in Amsterdam. When the threat to Jews increased after the German occupation, Eva’s grandparents, uncles and aunts fled to France. Eva and her nine-year-old brother Hans were taken by their parents to the NV resistance group in South Limburg, which have cared for a total of 250 children. The siblings were hidden in various shelters. Eva was taken in by the Bockma family, where she felt very much at home among the seven children. Her father, mother and two eldest brothers were arrested after a betrayal and deported to Poland via the Westerbork camp, where they were all murdered. After liberation in 1945, Eva’s aunt Deborah took care of the six-year-old girl in Amsterdam – but the relationship was characterized by little love. Eva Smit began studying journalism in 1956 and later worked as an author, director, editor and presenter for TV and radio productions. It was not until 1995 that she found her brother Hans again after a long search through the Red Cross – the two had been separated for 43 years.