Sebilla Bak-Meiler

Sebilla Meiler was a daughter of the Government-rural constable Abraham Meiler and Henriette Coopman. On 16 November 1933, she married in Rotterdam at age 47 the non-Jewish Johannes Maria Josephus Bak, 61 years old, a son of Martinus Bak and Geertruida Haleboer. Sebilla was born into a family with five children of whom Marcus, Sophia and she herself have been killed in the Shoah. Her sister Sara a…

We have been unable to determine whether one or more members of this family survived the war. While their names do not appear on the lists of survivors, we have not been able to trace them in In Memoriam either. They are therefore labeled as 'surviving' and their names are not listed.

Sebilla Bak-Meiler behoorde tot de groep katholiek-gedoopte Joden die werd opgepakt in augustus 1942, als vergelding voor het protest van de katholieke kerk tegen de deportaties.
Meer informatie over Sebilla is te vinden in een biografische aantekening over haar in het boek 70 Jaar vrede en vrijheid (Voorburg 2015) van de Historische Vereniging Voorburg, pagina 102.