Josef Steinhauer (shoe maker) and Leontina Schapira married on op 14 August 1932 in Vienna. The young couple had a daughter Gerda on 6 June 1933 (in Elburg she was known as Kitty).
In October 1938 the family arrived in Elburg. They had fled because the situation had become very dangerous for them in Austria. The sister of Leontine Steinhauer-Schapira lived in Elburg. The Steinhauer family found t…