The mayor of Almelo requested that Sophia Minco-Nathans and Estella Rosetta Minco, residing at 156 Grotestraat in Almelo, be located, detained and brought to trial. They had left their place of residence without the required authorization. This description referred to Jews who had gone into hiding.
Algemeen Politieblad, nr 36, 10 September 1942, 1019, notice 1799
Sophia Nathans was married to Maurits Minco. The couple had six children: the twins Simon Nathan and Salomon Elias, the twins Estella Rosetta and Nico and two other children who survived the war.
The family lived at 156 Grootestraat in Almelo, where they owned a textile business and tailor shop.
The family went into hiding on the Evers farm in Hezingen, but there was not enough room for all family members. The two eldest children, who survived the war, were sent to hide elsewhere.
On 6 October 1944 a group of Nazis and some Dutchman raided the Evers farm. Maurits, his wife Sophia, the daughter Estella Rosetta and the three sons Simon Nathan, Nico and Salomon Elias were taken to the constabulary barracks on the Almelosestraat on Ootmarsum. Early the next morning, on 7 October 1944, Maurits and the three sons were taken from the barracks by a group of Nazis from the Sicherheitsdienst and shot in the head just outside Ootmarsum. What happened with Estella Rosetta and her mother remains unknown. They were killed somewhere in Western Europe.
B. Morshuis, De geschiedenis van de joden in Ootmarsum (sl 1996) 53-54
In addition, a Jokos file (number 14821) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.