Jack Eljon (* 1937) grew up in Amsterdam as the only child of Jewish parents. At the beginning of the Nazi deportations, the family fled to Schoorl. When the situation became too dangerous, his parents decided that Jack had to be hidden away from them. His first hiding place was not the only one. During a raid in Haarlem in August 1942, the little boy is lifted over the fence to the neighbors; these neighbors are members of the who save Jack’s life with their efforts. Under the false name of Henkie Mulder, Jack moves from one hiding place to the next. After the rescue, he is reunited with his mother at a Red Cross station in Sneek. Jack’s father joins them shortly afterwards. The Eljon family returned to Amsterdam, but the experiences of the war made it difficult to rebuild a harmonious family life. Jack Eljon was chairman of the association “Het Ondergedoken Kind” (“The Submerged Child”) for many years.