Mietje Gompers, born 10 January 1864 in Amsterdam, was a daughter of Philip Barend Gompers and Heintje Jacob Boas. Seven children of this couple have been killed during the Holocaust: Mietje herself but also her siblings Sara, Esther, Eliazer, Hartog, Levie en Clara.
Mietje married 22 February 1893 in Weesp Matthijs Kokernoot, diamond polisher by trade, son of Joseph Israel Kokernoot and Vrouwtje Wortelboer. The couple had six children, namely Frederika, Hendrika, Sophie, Sara, Joseph en Stella, who all were killed during the Shoah. Matthijs Kokernoot however passed away already at the age of 47 on 4 January 1911 in Amsterdam but it is unknown where he was interred.
Mietje Kokernoot-Gomperse lived with her husband and children at Amsteldijk 21 parterre and stayed living there, also after the passing of her husband. Her daughters Sophia and Stella were unmarried and lived at home with their mother. Sophia worked in childcare and Stella was a seamstress.
On 6 April 1943, Mietje Kokernoot and her daughter Stella were registered in Westerbork and they had to stay in barrack 57 till their deportation. On 13 April both were put on transport to Sobibor and on arrival there on 16 April 1943, Mietje Kokernoot and her daughter Stella were immediately killed.
Sources include City Archive of Amsterdam, registeres of birth and marriages, archive cards of Mietje Gompers, Sophia Kokernoot and Stella Kokernoot; the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of Mietje Kokernoot-Gompers en Stella Kokerknoot and additions of a visitor of the website.