Biography

About Leendert Overst

Leendert Overst was deported to Sobibor in June 1943 from Vught via Westerbork on the so-called children's transport. He was 15 when he died.
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In August 1941 Leendert Overst was enrolled in the first year of the programme for electricians of the 3rd vocational school in East Amsterdam.
//Lists of Jewish students at vocational schools in Amsterdam appear in: A. Caransa, 'Van School Verwijderd. Jood. Dokumenten betreffende de verwijdering van joodse leerlingen van Amsterdamse ambachtsscholen in 1941' (Tuindorp z.d.).

Leendert Overst joined the HEDW (“Hortus – victory in unity”) football club in Amsterdam for the 1940-1941 season.
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