Henriette Loonstijn-Cohen

Henriette Loonstijn Cohen was born on 31 October 1895 in Amsterdam. On 17 May 1940, she died in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam municipal archive, Records Jokos, Möbel-claim; property Joods Maatschappelijk Werk

De ouders van Henriette Cohen waren Lazarus Nochum Cohen en Sara van Buren (volgens Stadsarchief Amsterdam). Zij is op 6 mei 1920 getrouwd met Nochem Loonstijn (volgens Genlias) in Zaandam.

Het echtpaar heeft op 17 mei 1940 zelfmoord gepleegd.

Henriette Cohen is op 20-05-1940 samen met haar man Nochem Loonstijn begraven op de Joodse begraafplaats te Diemen.

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