Biography

About Judik Levie van Dien-Goudsmit

Judik Levie Goudsmit was the widow of Nathan David van Dien. The couple had four children: David, Louis Nathan, Meyer and Rosa. Judik Levie Goudsmit lived with her eldest son David and his family at 13 Stationsstraat in Alphen aan den Rijn. When the home of her son David was confiscated, she was forced to move to 62 Van Manderloostraat. In November 1942 she was summoned to Westerbork. Judik Levie van Dien-Goudsmit died in Camp Westerbork at age 81. She was buried at the Jewish cemetery in Assen on 3 December 1942.
Jewish Historical Museum, Documents collection, inv.nr 3397; Death register of the Jewish community Assen
L. de Brouwer, De Joodse Gemeente Alphen aan den Rijn, 1792-1964 (Haarlem 2002) 35-37

The funeral records at the Jewish cemetery in Assen reveal that Judik Levie Goudsmit was buried there.


This person is commemorated on a memorial in Alphen aan den Rijn and on a memorial in Assen. More information on these memorials can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.