Bernard van der Stam

Helena Roza van Geldere was a daughter of Barend van Geldere and Sara Schielaar. She was born on 8 May 1902 in Rotterdam. Helena was the youngest of the three children who were born in this family: the eldest however, Sophia Roelofina died already at the age of 3 years on 25 April 1901. Her sister Elizabeth, who was born in 1900, married Jacob Meijers but both were murdered in Auschwitz on 15 Dece…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 31065) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 11462/13870).