Henriette Elise de Metz

Marianna Clasina de Metz was the eldest daughter of Abraham de Metz and Bertha van Leeuwen. She was born 3 August 1910 at Vrolikstraat in Amsterdam. Three years later also her sister Henriette Elise was born there and in 1923 again they had a brother named Elie Mozes de Metz.

Their mother Bertha van Leeuwen passed away 16 July 1938 and was interred in the Jewish Cemetery in Diemen. Afterwards, the…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 18756) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Deportation periods in 1943

Apart from the "Sobibor period" (2 March to 20 July 1943), two deportation periods can be distinguished in 1943, viz. the period from 11 January to 2 February 1943, in which 9 transports left directly for Auschwitz, viz. 8 from Westerbork and 1 from Apeldoorn (for the sake of brevity to be called "Spring transports 1943"), and the period from 24 August to 16 November 1…