Johanna Geertruida Leefsma-Zwarenstein

Johanna Geertruida Zwarenstein was married to Heiman Leefsma. The family lived at 9 President Steynstraat in Amsterdam. Johanna Geertruida Zwarenstein may have been born in Hengelo rather than in Rotterdam. Four children survived, including three from a previous marriage of Heiman Leefsma.

The archive of the Stichting Sieraden-Comité contains a list of the items of jewelry stolen, a statement ta…

From 1908 to 1942, Heiman Leefsma was chazzan (cantor) at the Jewish community in Hengelo; he was also their religious teacher. When he took office in 1908, the Jewish community in Hengelo consisted of 48 families; at Heiman’s 25th anniversary as cantor, which was also the 50th anniversary of the synagogue, the congregation consisted of 240 people from 73 families. In his memory a street is named …

Heiman Leefsma and Johanna Geertruida Zwarenstein had a second child in 1943. Their son Benjamin Mozes Leefsma was born on 1 April 1943.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 14662) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged fo…

Mijn moeder vertelde toen mijn ouders op 26 januari 1946 in mijn ouderlijk huis aan de Deldenerstraat 68 in Hengelo Overijssel kwamen wonen op de deurkozijnen aan de rechterzijde nog zogenaamde mezoeza’s aanwezig waren. Dit zijn tekstkokertjes die volgens traditioneel Joods gebruik op deurposten worden aangebracht. Ze bevatten teksten uit de Thora (Hebreeuwse bijbel). Deze mezoeza’s waren aangebra…