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Eva Kaempfer - Wrzeszinski

Anne Frank and Sanne Ledermann were guests of the Kaempfer family in Beekbergen in the summer of 1941.

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Vervaardiger onbekend. Fotocollectie Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam
  • Eva Susanne Kaempfer - Wrzeszinski
  • Born on: Feb. 16, 1914
  • Born in: Berlijn, Duitsland
  • Died on: Feb. 14, 1996
  • Died in: Den Haag, Nederland

Eva Kaempfer-Wrzesizinski (rechts) en haar schoonmoeder Käthe Kaempfer-Ledermann, juli 1941

Vervaardiger onbekend. Fotocollectie Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam

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Eva Susanne Wrzeszinski was the daughter of the well-known Berlin lawyer Richard Wrzeszinski, who had married Elisabeth Auguste Kaiser in 1913. He died on 8 January 1934 in Berlin, leaving behind a widow and three children. In addition to Eva, they had two sons, Gunther (1916) and Reinhard (1925), both of whom emigrated to England and changed their surname to Wendon.[1]

On 4 June 1936, Eva married Heinz Kaempfer, a cousin of Anne Frank's friend Sanne Ledermann.[1] Shortly afterwards, the couple settled in The Hague, where their son, Raymond (Ray), was born on 4 March 1940.[2] Because the family had to leave the coastal region, they rented the house Op den Driest in Beekbergen in 1941. Family and friends could come and have a holiday there, which became a source of income.[3] Ray later remembered living there with his parents, grandmother, great-grandmother and nanny and being treated like a prince.[4] In the summer of 1941, Sanne Ledermann and Anne Frank were guests in Beekbergen. Several photos were taken.[5] Eva Kaempfer is in two of them.[6]

In 1942, the deportations of the Jews began and the Kaempfers realized that they were no longer safe: they went into hiding in the west of the country. A few months later, father Heinz was betrayed and sent to Westerbork, but he is one of the few who left the camp alive after its liberation in 1945. Eva, who was also discovered, survived Camp Vught.[7] Toddler Ray, who had lived separated from his parents at seven different addresses for three years, was reunited with both his parents in July 1945.[7] He no longer recognized them. He would later say: "They were strangers to me. I hadn't seen them since I was two years old and I didn't even know what had happened to me."[4] In 1946, Ray's brother was born.

Raymond studied molecular biology at Leiden University and would become a professor at Harvard University, where he conducted research into gene regulation and its impact on the immune system. In 1974 he decided to live in Jerusalem with his wife and three children.[4]

Eva died in 1996, two days before her 82nd birthday.

Source personal data.[8] Addresses: Sijzenlaan 55, Den Haag (juni 1936);[9] Van der Aastraat 80, Den Haag (oktober 1936);[10] Koningsweg 5, Beekbergen.[3]

Footnotes

  1. a, b Paul Enck, Die Familie von Franz Ledermann (Teil 4), Mittendran, 11 februari 2023.
  2. ^ “Burgerlijke Stand”, De Standaard. Haagsche editie, 5 maart 1940.
  3. a, b Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Getuigenarchief, Kaempfer, Raymond: Aantekeningen telefoongesprek van AFS (Yt Stoker?) met R. Kaempfer, 9 november 2006.
  4. a, b, c Teresa Serafim, Raymond Kaempfer sobreviveu ao Holocausto em criança e agora combate armas biológicas, Público, 27 oktober 2018.
  5. ^ AFS, Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A-AFrank_III_055.123 t/m A-AFrank_III_055.130: 8 foto's uit fotoalbum 'Blanco Monster Electro Huishoudboek 1937', p. 47-49.
  6. ^ AFS, AFC, reg. code A_AFrank_III_055.126 en 127: Fotoalbum ‘Blanco Monster Electro Huishoudboek 1937’, p. 48-49.
  7. a, b Stichting 4 en 5 mei Beekbergen: Logeeradres Anne Frank.
  8. ^ HGA, Bevolkingsregister Den Haag Kaas – Kaffa (toegang 0354-01.0590): Gezinskaart Heinz Kaempfer; Online Familieberichten: Eva Suzanne Wrzeszinksi.
  9. ^ Haags Gemeentearchief (HGA), Den Haag, Bevolkingsregister Den Haag Kaas – Kaffa (toegang 0354-01.0590): Gezinskaart Heinz Kaempfer.
  10. ^ Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Bevolkingsboekhouding, inv. nr. 851-228: Gezinskaart Kaempfer.