Helena Heijmans-Letter

Abraham Barend Heijmans, who was born on 20 April 1901 in Alphen aan den Rijn as son of the stock broker Joseph Heijmans from Appeltern and Susanna Gersons from Tilburg, married on 14 August 1928 in Zwolle the there born Helena Letter, born 8 June 1901 as eldest of the four children of Aron Israel Letter and Rosette Hamburger. The Heijmans couple had four children: on 4 April 1930 Rosalie Suze was…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 2847) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 5220/1688).

Helena Heijmans-Letter asked in 1937 in two letters for a home help. The person to whom the letters were sent, then worked one year in this family. The letters were saved and later handed out to the Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre.
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