Else Simons-Liebenthal

Else Simons-Liebenthal was interned in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Shortly before liberation a train carrying 2,000 prisoners, mainly Jewish, left for Theresienstadt. The train spent 14 days travelling through Germany, and many passengers died on the journey. Finally, it came to a halt near the small village of Tröbitz, where Allied troops liberated the surviving passengers. Else Simons-Lieb…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 4755) 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 :

- looted jewellery (S-claim, number 22/618)

- valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 10954/12281)