Biography

About Hendrika Leijden van Amstel-Zwart

Hendrika Zwart was a daughter of Jacob Zwart and Esther Groen. She married 12 November 1913 in Amsterdam to Maurits Leijden van Amstel, a son of Meijer Leijden van Amstel and Femmetje Abas.
Hendrika was born in a family with ten siblings, of whom one brother has died in 1899, only 2 years old and one sister, who probably has survived the war. The others, who did not survive the Holocaust were Sara, Roosje, Mozes, Ruben, Juda, Jetje and Salomon.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Jacob Zwart and website www.wiewaswie.nl.