Greta Agsteribbe

Greta Agsteribbe was the middle one of the five children of Willem Agsteribbe and Bertina van West. She was born in Amsterdam on 27 March 1916 and became a seamstress by trade. On 6 January 1939 she started working for the clothing factory Hollandia Kattenburg in Amsterdam.

Greta was unmarried and lived with her parents at Nieuwe Herengracht 159, where her parents operated a boarding house. Greta …

In addition, Jokos files (numbers 53027, 40631) on this family or other family members are at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Greta Agsteribbe joined the Hollandia-Kattenburg textile factory in Amsterdam on 6 January 1939. On Wednesday, 11 November 1942, around 4:30 PM, Willy Lages conducted the Sicherheitspolizei raid on the Hollandia factories. All exits were blocked, and the Jewish staff members were taken away that evening. Photographs of all workers taken away that evening, as well as those deported previously, appe…