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Miena Wolff-Leman

Avereest, – Auschwitz,

Reached the age of 34 years

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About Jozef Wolff, Miena Leman and their children Schoontje, Abraham and Eli.

Jozef Wollf (usually called Jo), a son of Eleazer Wolff and Schoontje Denneboom, cattle trader from Meppel, married 6 June 1933 in the synagogue in Dedemsvaart Miena Leman from Balkbrug, a daughter of Abraham Leman and Betje Davidson.

Miena Leman, seamstress, lived at Balkbrug (municipality of Avereest), at the old address I 51, today Meppelerweg 46, but after her marriage in June 1933, she lived …

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Jozef Wolff and his family

In addition, a Jokos file (number 12931) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

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About Miena Wolff-Leman

This person is commemorated on a memorial in Meppel. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.

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More about Miena Leman.

According to some older inhabitants of Balkbrug, who have known Miena Leman well, she was a very smart and progressive type with a great creative talent. In the beginning of the thirties, Miena Leman taught in stencilling, batik and brocade-painting, spraying-batik, reliëf- and pencil painting and stable-fixing, as shown in an advertisement in the Dedemsvaartse Courant of 12 April 1930.

Of orange …

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Familie Wolff

De familie van Jozef Wolff en Mina Leman is sinds begin oktober 1942 in Kamp Westerbork. Zij verblijven daar in Barak 62 en op 13 november 1942 wordt Miena opgenomen in het ziekenhuis. Daar bevalt zij op 10-12-1942 van een levenloos kind. Het kind wordt begraven op de Joodse begraafplaats te Assen.

Op 3 februari 1943 gaat het gehele gezin op transport naar Auschwitz waar zij bij aankomst vermoord …

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