Biography

About Helene Spanier-Lehmann

Helene Lehmann was the widow of Dr. Moritz Spanier, who was the religious teacher in Magdeburg from 1881.
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Helene Spanier-Lehmann had four children. Two of these children, Gertrud and Arthur lived in the Netherlands during the war. A third child lived in the United States and survived the war. A fourth child commited suicide.
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Helene Lehmann, widow of H. Spanier, died on 3 June 1943 in Westerbork transit camp and she was cremated on 7 June 1943. The urn with her ashes was placed on the Jewish cemetry in Diemen on field U, row 5, grave nr. 18.
Register van joden die in het kamp Westerbork zijn gecremeerd, 1943-1944; archief van de gemeente Westerbork, opgenomen in het archief van de gemeente Midden-Drenthe te Beilen, inv. n 3789