Biography

About Joseph van Spier

Joseph van Spier and Heintje de Leeuw married on 22 August 1942 in Westerbork transit camp. Joseph van Spier, a hairdresser, was a son of the merchant Mozes van Spier and Keetje Rofessa.
Heintje de Leeuw was a daughter of Levie de Leeuw and Brans de Leeuw.
Abraham de Leeuw, brother of the bride, was a witness at the wedding ceremony and signed also the marriage certificate.
Record of marriage certificates of the Westerbork municipality, currently at the archives of Gemeente Midden-Drenthe in Beilen