Hanna Noot, a daughter of Hartog Elias Noot and Judic Jedje van de Giessen, married 22 June 1894 in Leimuiden Salomon van de Giessen, a son of Jozeph van de Giessen and Lea van Koppels.
The couple had nine children, of whom Hartog died at the age of 21 in 1919 and Mozes died only 4 months old in March 1903. Three children, Joseph Salomon, Lea and Mirjam have survived the war but Zadok, Jetje Saartje and Hermanus were killed during the Shoah, just like their parents.
Hanna's husband Salomon van de Giessen became vicitm of the big raids of 2 and 3 October 1942 in Amsterdam. He was arrested 2 October and immediately sent to Westerbork, where he was put on transport that same day to Auschwitz. There on arrival 5 October 1942, Salomon van de Giessen has been immediately killed.
Hanna Noot and her unmarried daughter Jetje van de Giessen, who worked as seamstress, managed to stay out of the hands of the Germans for a long time. It was possible that they had gone into hiding. However, on 9 March 1944 they both ended up in Westerbork where Hanna was locked up in presumably barracks 55 or 56, but Jetje was locked in in the penal barrack 67. It is not clear why Hanna was put on transport to Auschwitz on 19 May 1944 as a penal case, just as her daughter Jetje. But on arrival in Auschwitz on 22 May 1944 Hanna van de Giessen-Noot was immediately killed. Jetje however was not killed that same day; she probably was selected for forced labor. Where and when Jetje van de Giessen lost her life is unknown but date and place of her death has been established as 30 September 1944 in Mid Europe.
City archive of Amsterdam, archive cards of Hanna Noot, Salomon van de Giessen and Jetje van de Giessen; the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of Hanna van de Giessen-Noot and Jetje van de Giessen.