Biography

About Josina Elize van Gelder

Several letters to a female school friend written by Josina Elize van Gelder between September 1941 and April 1943 have been preserved. She wrote the last of these letters at Vught concentration camp.
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Josina Elize van Gelder was deported to Sobibor in June 1943 from Vught via Westerbork on the so-called children's transport. She was 13 when she died.
J. de Moei, Joodse kinderen in het kamp Vught (Vught 1999) 33


A memorial in Zaltbommel commemorates the Jewish victims of this town. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.