siblings unlock a suitcase with mysterious contents inside that revealed their parents’ dark secret

Not Ordinary

Boers now had completely grasped that the suitcase was not an ordinary one. There was something off about it. Her mother was just not ready to give away about the content. Does it have anything to do with the couple’s mysterious past? Soon, everyone was going to find out.  

Hard To Deal

Boers said, “I eventually understood, of course, that it was hard for her to deal with what was in the suitcase…” What was so extraordinary in the suitcase? Even though how much he wanted, he could not unlock it. But that was not the only chance he got.     

The Family’s History

Boers too did not know much about their parent’s past. All he knew was that his parents’ firsts met each other in their childhood as both of them had their families were in the same line of the textile business. 

Good Friends

At the age of 14, Barend took up an apprenticeship under Mimi’s father. They both were good friends and their friendship turned into marriage when Barend, 28-year-old boy, popped the question to 21 years old Mimi.      

1 Year Of Marital Bliss

The couple tied the knot at Leeuwarden, Mimi’s hometown in 1939. The nuptials took place in a local synagogue. Thereafter the married couple got settled down in Amsterdam. However, everything was going to change for the very much in love couple in less than a year. 

Not So Beautiful

The couple who was making beautiful memories got a big blow when Nazis attacked the Netherlands just a year after the marriage. However, the couple managed to escape the Holocaust.