Biography

About Elisabeth Waas-Pront

Elisabeth Pront, a daughter of Hartog Pront and Sara Werkheim, was born in a family with twelve children; her parents aswell one sister and one unmarried brother have passed away before the war. However not her brothers Mozes, Izak, Simon and Willem nor her sisters Mietje, Jeannette, Grietje, Naatje and Rosalina. They all have been killed during the Holocaust.
She married Joseph Goudeketting on 5 December 1917 in Amsterdam, a son of David Goudeketting and Klaartje Polak. The couple had a daughter Klara in 1918. On 6 June 1923 the marriage ended by divorce and Elisabeth Pront remarried 10 years later to
Izaak Waas in Amsterdam on 27 April 1933, a son of Sander Waas and Eva Slap.
City Archive of Amsterdam, family registration card of Hartog Pront and archive card of Joseph Goudeketting and Izaak Waas.