Elly Wessel-Premsela

Elly Premsela was born on 29 October 1914 in Assendelft. She was a daughter of family doctor Benedictus (Bernhard) Premsela. In 1918 the Premsela’s moved to Amsterdam. After the war her brother described the family where Elly Premsela was raised as ‘progressive, socialist and without taboo’.
In the thirties of the twentieth century Elly Premsela went to the Nieuwe Kunstschool (New Artschool) in A…

Benedictus Premsela studied medicine in Amsterdam, where he sat for his medical finals on 12 April 1913. He set up a practice in Assendelft. From 1918, he lived at 20 Diepenbrockstraat in Amsterdam where he also practised medicine (after 1940, at 796 Prinsengracht).

Benedictus Premsela became particularly famous through his work as a sexologist. In 1925, he started a Consultancy for the promotion…

Het echtpaar Wessel was ondergedoken in de Bootenmakersstraat in Zaandam. Hier werden ze in de nacht van 22 op 23 november 1943 opgepakt, nadat hun onderduikverlener was verraden, wat tot gevolg had dat Max en Elly tijdens de inval ook werden ontdekt. Elly wist via de tuin te ontsnappen, maar keerde terug omdat ze haar handtas met haar bezittingen had achtergelaten en werd toen alsnog gearresteerd…