Anna Leidensdorff-de Leeuw

Anna de Leeuw, born 1889 in Amsterdam as daughter of Levie de Leeuw and Rebecca Slier, lawyer and attorney, married 25 June 1918 in Amsterdam Hessel Leidensdorff, violist and musician and son of Meijer Leidensdorff and Clara Hammelburg.

After the wedding, Anna and Hessel lived at Marnixstraat 394 in Amsterdam in guest house Breed. 21 June 1923 they moved to Koninginneweg 105 and 3 years later, in …

Anna de Leeuw studeerde van 1910 tot 1915 rechten aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Zij promoveerde op 27 april 1915 tot doctor in de Rechtswetenschap op 25 stellingen.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 10437) 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 7543 / 11026).

Anna Leidensdorf-de Leeuw died on 16 December 1943 in Westerbork transit camp and she was cremated on 21 December 1943. The urn with her ashes was placed on the Jewish cemetry in Muiderberg on field U, row 3, grave nr. 2.
Register van joden die in het kamp Westerbork zijn gecremeerd, 1943-1944; archief van de gemeente Westerbork, opgenomen in het archief van de gemeente Midden-Drenthe te Beilen, i…