Helena Droomer was the second of the seven children of Benjamin Droomer and Jetje Wallig. One of those children was stillborn, one died in childhood, nearly 3 years old, three others were killed during the Shoah and one brother survived the war. Helena was born on 8 May 1891 in Rotterdam and remained unmarried. She worked as servant maid at many addresses in Rotterdam, Den Haag, London and Amsterd…