Rosalie Louisa Keizer (van den Bergh) married Henri André Gompen in 1908. The couple had three children: Gustave Robert and two children who survived the war. Just before the war broke out, the family moved from Amsterdam to Bussum because of Henri's medical condition. Henri died of intestinal cancer on 10 April 1940 in Bussum. During the war, Rosalie was forced to move back to Amsterdam. She moved to Haringvlietstraat 10, where friends of the family lived. Rosalie’s children subsequently tried to convince her to go into hiding, but they were unsuccessful. On 1 April 1943, Rosalie Keizer was taken to Westerbork. According to Red Cross records, she was assigned to shed no. 72. Shed no. 67 is also mentioned on her Jewish Council card, but this has been crossed out. She may have been taken to the punishment barracks at first, but she was able to leave them soon after, thanks to the intervention of the Jewish Council, where one of her children worked. Thanks to this child, Rosalie had a Sperre during her time at Westerbork. Her Jewish Council card included an annotation that she was ‘liberal’. The card also states that on 1 June 1943 her brother-in-law Leo Gompen asked ‘how the Putt situation is going’. This is probably a reference to the so-called Puttkammer list. Leo Gompen himself was on this list, but apparently efforts were also made to add Rosalie Keizer to it.
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See also USC Shoah Foundation, USC-SF nr. 16674 (interview Henriëtte van den Bergh-Gompen)
In addition, a Jokos file (number 35167) on this person 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 4162/2812).