Biography

About Elisabeth Gobets

Elisabeth Gobets was a daughter of Abraham Gobets ans Matje Wurms. She was unmarried.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Elisabeth Gobets.

Elisabeth Gobets joined the Hollandia-Kattenburg textile factory in Amsterdam on 9 October 1934. 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, appear in the 'Boek der tranen' [Book of tears].
Jewish Historical Museum, Documents collection, inv.nr B1376, 'Boek der tranen' [Book of tears]