Bergen Belsen Image Wall - Courtesy Julia Ray 2005.  Image Hetty - Courtesy of HEV

All images here in have been approved for use on this site only by The Werkendam Family Trust © and courtesy of the BBC during the making of their documentary on Hetty in 2018.

During an attempt at writing her biography when her daughter was still a teenager and virtually the same age as Hetty had been, when in Bergen Belsen; Hetty put the writing away, as it was too distressing. However once her grand children were born, Hetty picked up the pen once again and completed her memoir, so that her family history, would be recorded for prosperity.  Hetty is now on a new enjoyable journey, teaching the next generation to remember the Holocaust. "Never forget".

Hetty Esther Verolme passed away recently but with love and respect, her family will continue her legacy through this site - her site- and remember her words and her life time of service to children. Hopefully the young students she met and talked to for countless hours will grow into adults and will inspire their own children with Hetty's story and her motto. Tomorrow will be a better day.