Margaretha van Velzen-Nova

Amsterdam, 23 April 1903 – Sobibor, 23 July 1943

Reached the age of 40 years

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Margaretha van Velzen-Nova.
Photo January 1924 from the Antwerp Dossier for Foreigners, nr.176012.

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Margaretha van Velzen-Nova.
Cut out from a family picture, taken by Meijer van Velzen ± 1938 in the allotment Klein Dantzig at Ringdijk in Amsterdam.

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Family picture with the families Van Velzen and Groen.
Taken by Meijer van Velzen, ±1938 in the allotment Klein Dantzig at Ringdijk in Amsterdam. From left to right Margaretha van Velzen-Nova, grandma Clara Nova-Gobets, Annie Groen-Musikant (survived), Salomon van Velzen and Meijer Groen. Also the other persons, not mentioned by name in this picture, have survived the Holocaust.

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On 16 Jun 2016
With: Margaretha van Velzen-Nova, Clara Nova-Gobets, Salomon van Velzen, Meijer Groen, Anna Groen-Musikant

Stories

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Biography 7 Jun 2016

About Margaretha van Velzen-Nova

Margaretha Nova was a daughter of George Nova and Clara Gobets. She married Meijer van Velzen on 16 March 1921 in Amsterdam, a son of Salomon van Velzen and Dina Verdoner. Together they had six children, of whom four have survived the Holocaust. However, her son Salomon and daughter Clara have been killed in the Shoah.

City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Meijer van Velzen and website www.wi…

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Addition 7 Apr 2016

Meijer van Velzen and his family

We have been unable to determine whether one or more members of this family survived the war. While their names do not appear on the lists of survivors, we have not been able to trace them in In Memoriam either. They are therefore labeled as 'surviving' and their names are not listed.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 11442) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject…

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