Mirjam Scheiner

Mirjam Scheiner was Emile Jacobs en Luise Cats' foster daughter. Mirjam was smuggled to the Netherlands in February 1939, when she was 7 weeks old. The Jacobs family in Amsterdam took care of her to the extent that they eventually wished to adopt her. Evidence to this fact comes from a letter from 1939 addressed to Mirjam's biological parents. Because of the war, the Jacobs' were not able to forma…

Mirjam Scheiner's parents - David Scheiner and Paula Scheiner-Bienstock - lived with their three children Erich, Doris and Mirjam in Dortmund, Leopoldstraße 30. With the support of the Kinder-Comité Amsterdam Mirjam was brought to Amsterdam in february 1939. Her parents and siblings fled to Belgium in summer 1939, than to France. They in vain tried to get into contact with Mirjam. In France the fo…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 8117) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk. The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 5642/843).

A Liro card remains for this person or family. The cards are now a…