Hendrika Henriques de la Fuente-de Vries

Leonard Henriques de la Fuente was the youngest son of Jacob Henriques de la Fuente and Benvenida Engers. He was born in Amsterdam on 28 March 1902 and he was a musician by profession, and more specific, a pianist in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Leonard married on 17 December 1925 in Amsterdam Hendrika de Vries, who was born on 19 November 1901 as a daughter of Meijer de Vries and Mietje van…

I would just like to introduce myself, my name is Julie Ball and I am the Grand daughter of Margaret Rose de la Fuente. I have been researching my family tree and have been moved by all the work that you have done on relatives of mine. Leonard and I share the same Great Great Great grandad, not imediately close I know, but certainly close enough for me to feel a connection and to be moved by his…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 50920) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Shortly before leaving for Westerbork in 1943, Hendrika (Riek) Henriques de la Fuente-de Vries, also on behalf of her two daughters Nida and Mia, wrote another card (see images on the right) to her neighbors at Vechtstraat 89 I. The text reads (somewhat edited) as follows:

'Dear friends,

We are on the train at the moment; it is now 6:30 am. We are still at the Muiderpoort station. It is very hot i…