On May 4, 1945, the German forces in Holland surrendered. Soon thereafter the village of Elberg was liberated by the Canadian Army. Maud's parents also survived the war. They were hidden in the attic of a car dealership owned by Christian friends. After the liberation, Tanny brought the girls back to Oldebroek to await the arrival of their parents. Initially, Maud and Rita felt uncomfortable with their parents. They had grown attached to Tanny. So Hartog and Lili Peper stayed on the farm until the girls agreed to return home.

After the war, not only did her parents have no money, no possessions after the war. Maud's mother had burned birth certificates and many family photos when they went into hiding. Maud's Jewish identity was destroyed along with the documents. At first, she didn't remember that she was Jewish.

Maud “We came back with my parents to our home that was... A bomb had fallen in the back. We had nothing but the clothes on our backs. My dad wanted to reclaim the restaurant. A Dutch Nazi had ran it during the war, and he said, "I have as much right to this as you do. "Prove to me that you own this. It belonged to your dad." Everything was destroyed.

So the very first Sunday we were with my parents,my sister and I said, "We have to go out to church," and of course, there was no transportation, so my parents took us to a church. And then we said, "How come you're not coming to church?" "Well, we don't feel like it today." They didn't quite explain. So then, I guess we really started to question our parents, and that's when they told us that we are really Jewish. And it was difficult. And it must have been maybe six or seven, eight months later, I decided that I wanted to learn more about being a Jew, and I went to Hebrew school. And I've always been comfortable in both (religions).

The holocaust had claimed the lives of both sets of Maud's grandparents. Meta Eschwege and her husband Simon were gassed at Sobibor. Wolf Peper was murdered there, too. His wife, Marie, suffered a fatal heart attack after her family was driven into hiding.