Esther Voorzanger

Esther Voorzanger, born in 1924 in Antwerp, was a daughter of Isaac Voorzanger and Jansje Park. She was one of the nine children in this family, of whom presumably two brothers and two sisters might have survived the war. The Voorzanger family lived sometimes in Belgium and sometimes in Holland but resided at Bikschotelaan 159 at Berchem (province of Antwerp) as their last known address. Her broth…

A few peculiarities of this convoy are that the composition of this convoy was already started on 29 August, in the first place with Jews who were arrested during the big raid in Antwerp in the night before. The system of "calls" was still in force but was not sufficient to reach the desired number of persons to be deported. Only 99 people on the transport list have the indication of their "job ca…

Esther Voorzanger-Kalf had uit haar eerste huwelijk met Leo Simon Charles Kooperberg een tweede dochter, Lien Henriette Kooperberg, geboren 3 juni 1919 in Soerabaja. Zij heeft via Westerbork en Theresienstadt de oorlog overleefd, en is getrouwd in 1950 met Alphons Lodewijk Diercks. Zij heeft twee zonen gekregen, Ronald Leo en Paul Gerard. Zij is overleden op 4 december 1997