Jennie Trijtel was a daughter of Abraham Trijtel and Rebecca Zomerplaag, who was born on 16 August 1916 in London. She married Joel Hillesum, a son of Hartog Hillesum and Marianna van Collem. The Hillesum-Trijtel couple had three children, namely: the twins Marianna and Rebecca in 1937 and a son Hartog in 1938.
The Hillesum family stayed in Deurne in Belgium and was deported from Mechelen to Ausch…