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Trude Leeser imprisoned in Vught concentration camp

Trude Leeser was niece of Hermann van Pels and was imprisoned in Vught from early 1943.

Event

Feb. 10, 1943 - June 3, 1944

51.665765 N 5.258659 E

Lunettenlaan 600

5263 NT Vught

Nederland

She worked there as a machine stitcher and was part of the Philips-Kommando. On 3 June 1944, the approximately five hundred Jewish prisoners from this Kommando, including Trude Leeser, were sent to Auschwitz.[1] She survived this camp and several others, and was released in 1945.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Arolsen Archives - International Center on Nazi Persecution: Personal file of Leeser Trude, reference code: 01011202-034-143.