Margrit Weinberg

In addition, a Jokos file (number 11972) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 12782/920).

Margrit and her brother Walter were students at the 1st Montessori School at the Corellistraat in Amsterdam. Their names are on a memorial plague in the school today.

Margrit's and Walter's names are on two suitcases of the artwork 'In Memoriam' by Willem Volkersz.

Betsy van der Meer was a classmate of Margrit (or Marguerite) Weinberg at the 1st Montessori School in Amsterdam.

"Marguerite was my best friend in those days. That is why she gave me this little picture. I used to visit her house in the Beethovenstraat frequently. I remember I went there to pick her up for school, but the whole family had disappeared. I hoped they had gone into hiding, but we nev…

In this picture are six girls. They were class mates at the 1e Montessori school in Amsterdam.

On the right is Betsy van der Meer, 2nd from the left is Ellien Lissaur and next to her Margrit Weinberg. Who could provide the names of the other girls?

Margrit, Walter and their parents fled Nazi Germany in 1934. They lived in the Beethovenstraat, near the Montessori school. The family was arrested in January 1944 and brought to Westerbork. From there they were deported to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Van de 172 (oud-)leerlingen van de 1e Montessorischool in Amsterdam die in de Tweede Wereldoorlog werden vermoord waren er 169 joods. Zij staan hier in de rechter kolom alfabetisch vermeld.