Biography

About Sara Worms-van West

Sara Worms-van West was a daughter of David van West and Keetje Cohen. She married in Amsterdam on 19 January 1916 to Willem Worms. The couple had a daughter Frederika Worms.

On 30 July 1925 the whole family (Willem, Sara and Frederika) moved to Antwerp. Willem and Sara werd deported 29 August 1942 from Mechelen to Auschwitz with Convooy VI (6).

On 24 October 1957 the Court of the First Instance in Antwerpen has established that Willem Worms and his spouse Sara Worms-van West have died on 29 August 1942 at an unknown place.

Genlias and the City Archive of Amsterdam, family registration card of  David van West; the Memorial of the Deportation of the Belgian Jews and the Dossier of Foreigners of the City of Antwerp, nr. 183146/image 319 and 321.