Helene Duitz-Levie

Helene Levie, the daughter of Julius Levie and Betty Wagenaar, was born on 12 May 1918 in Amsterdam. On 26 July 1942, the chupah of Helene Levie and Herman Duitz took place in the synagogue of the Lekstraat in Amsterdam. The civil wedding had taken place the day before. Their future address was Lekstraat 122, 3^rd floor in Amsterdam, but until then she lived at home in the Sarphatistraat 127 house.

Julius Levie was a son of Benjamin Levie and Vrouwke Lievendag.
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Julius Levie married Bettij Wagenaar in 1916. Helene and Benjamin were their children. Bettij Wagenaar died in 1931. Julius Levie remarried with Schefa Berlinger. They had one son, Hartog.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, archiefkaart Julius Levie

The Ausnahme-Bescheinigung, the ultimate exemption from deportation.

In the summer of 1943, a very large proportion of Dutch Jews had already been deported. This meant that the right to exist of the Jewish Council had been affected in a proportionate way and that many Jewish Council functions and the associated “Sperres” - exemptions from deportation - were abolished. The last group of Jewish Coun…

At the beginning of the 'twisted road to Auschwitz', the plan arose to have Jews emigrate to Palestine. This possibility was put into practice on a small scale for a limited group of chosen ones. On 1 November 1942, the Jewish Council announced that those who met the following requirements could report in writing:

1. persons who were in possession of a certificate for emigration to Palestine before …