Theda was born in 1912 in Emden, Germany. First daughter of Marianne (born as de Beer) and Adolf Gössels, was the eldest sister of Leonhard (1913) and Manfried (1915).

In 1933 the Gössels family moved to Amsterdam with her grandmother Regina de Beer. She became a maternity nurse and married to Joseph Klepman on December 31^st 1941.

Regina de Beer (born as Isaak), Velbert, February 18^th 1861 – Sobibor, July 1943

Marianne Gössels (born as de Beer), Emden, December 19^th 1890 – Sobibor, July 1943

Adolf Gössels, Emden, November 4^th 1882 – Sobibor July 1943

Theda Klepman (born as Gössels), Emden, January 1^st 1912 – Auschwitz April 1943

Joseph Klepman, Amsterdam, June 1^st 1917 – Auschwitz, April 1943

Leonhard Gössels, Emden, April 4^th 1913 – Auschwitz, January 1943

Manfried Gössels, Emden, November 9^th 1915 – Auschwitz, March 1944

Sara Gössels (born as Agtsteribbe), Amsterdam, June 1^st 1908 – Auschwitz, November 1943