Family on their way to the Bar-Mitzvah celebration of Herman Horn, son of Moszek Horn and Elizabeth Horn-Michel in 1941 in Amsterdam. In the middle grandmother Lena Michel-Reiwit, on her left her daughter Heintje Dobrowitsky-Michel and on the right her son Marcus Michel.
Private collection
Lena Reiwit was born on 25 February 1862 in Kofnow in Russia. She was married to Friedrich Michel, who was born on 1 August 1860 in Koben, Russia. The then 24-year-old Friedrich and the 22-year-old Lena came to Amsterdam in the summer of 1884 and found accommodation at Zandstraat 21. Their first chi…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 11228) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.