Leentje Boeki-Berkelouw

Jacob Boeki, born 23 March 1892 as son of Isaac Boeki and Leentje Presburg, married 23 Decembet 1914 Leentje Berkelouw in Rotterdam, a daughter of Elias Berkelouw and Hanna de Bok. Jacob and Leentje had three children, namely Leentje, Hanna and Isaac. Of Jacob’s family only Isaac survived the Holocaust. The others were killed in Sobibor.

Afther their wedding, Jacob Boeki and his family have moved …

The Boeki family was a well-to-do family with three children. A daughter Hanna did not live at home anymore. Jacob Boeki was a businessman, who among other things built and sold radios. Leentje Berkelouw was a housewife who assisted her husband with his business. The family had mostly contact with other liberal business people. The children were more or less raised by a nanny because the parents w…