Biography

About Leentje Bosman-de Winter

Leentje (Lena) de Winter married Hendrik Salomon Bosman on 23 January 1919. The couple had one daughter, Grietje.
In 1942 the family tried to reach the (relative) savety of Vichy-France. They were arrested in occupied France. First they were held at the prison in Orleans. Later they were sent to the Pithiviers transit camp. Only a few days later, on 7 August 1942, the mother and daughter were deported to Achschwitz on transport no. 16. Hendrik Bosman had been deported the day before.
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