Sophie Kokernoot, was born 19 March 1898 in Amsterdam as the 3rd child of Matthijs Kokernoot and Mietje Gompers. Sophie was unmarried and lived with her sister Stella – who was also unmarried – at home with her mother, the widow Mietje Kokernoot-Gompers at Amsteldijk 21 parterre. Her father passed away already at the age of 47 in Amsterdam on 4 January 1911.
Sophie Kokerknoot worked in childcare and later as office clerk. She had a good education and had diploma’s of the 5-year Public Trade School (O.H.S.) and practical diploma’s French, German and bookkeeping. She had a “Sperre” because of function at the Jewish Council: since May 1942 she was a member of the Social Economic Commission at Nieuwe Keizersgracht 58 in Amsterdam and her Sperre number from the Council was 6/85029.
It is not known when Sophie Kokernoot eventually was brought into Westerbork. Her registration card from the Jewish Council shows the note “on 24 May 1944 still in Westerbork” and furthermore, it appears that on 29 May 1944 she would “be back again in Westerbork”. She stayed in barrack 82, which was an infirmary, from where she had to move to the penal barrack 67. Not known is what her “offense” would have been.
Shortly thereafter, already on 31 July 1944 there was a transport from Westerbork to Theresienstadt with 213 deportees and 178 persons to Bergen Belsen, among those also Sophie Kokernoot. It is also not known when this transport has arrived in Bergen Belsen but known is that she has lost her life there, due to the inhumane conditions, diseases, exhaustion or other hardships.
Sources include City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Sophie Kokernoot; the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration card of Sophie Kokernoot; website wikipedia with listing jodentransporten vanuit Nederland.nl and genealogical additions from a visitor of the website.