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Lea Reiner - Goldberg

Lea Reiner - Goldberg was the mother of Ab Reiner, a classmate of Anne Frank.

Person

  • Lea Reiner - Goldberg
  • Krakau, Polen Dec. 29, 1903
  • Herzliya, Israel May 18, 1987

Lea Goldberg was the daughter of Abraham Schmelke Goldberg and Sara Nuchem. She had two older sisters, Eva (1893) and Gitel (1896), and a younger sister, Erna (1910). Lea grew up in Krakow and emigrated to the Netherlands in the late 1920s. There she married Szaja (Josef) Reiner (1897), also from Krakow, on 21 June 1928 in Amsterdam.[1] He had left for Vienna in the 1920s and had gained the Austrian nationality. Lea lost her Polish nationality through her marriage to an Austrian citizen. The family had applied for Dutch nationality before the war.[2] They had two children: Abraham (Appie, Ab) Reiner (1929) and Marcus (Marco) Reiner (1932). From 1935 onwards, her husband and his brother-in-law owned the Rynco shoe factory in Amsterdam, where slippers were made from felt and camel hair.[3]

Lea's eldest sister Eva Kimel-Goldberg moved from Berlin to Amsterdam with her son Salo (Sally, Sal) Kimel in 1930, after she got divorced. They came to live with Lea's family.[4] Their sons Ab and Sally were classmates of Anne Frank in kindergarten and at the Sixth Montessori School.[5]

During the occupation, the family received a Sperre because of Szaja Reiner's position as informant for the Nederlands-Israëlietische Hoofdsynagoge (Dutch-Israeli Main Synagogue), the Ashkenazi Orthodox Jewish community of Amsterdam.[6] Late 1942, Lea's sister was arrested on the street and deported. In the winter of 1942-1943, Lea went into hiding with her family and her nephew Sally near Hoogeveen, through the mediation of resistance fighter Johannes Post (1906-1944).[7] On 7 February 1945, they were discovered and arrested by Landwachters who happened to be passing by. The farmer who had given them shelter was shot. Lea was severely beaten. Her husband was also beaten and shot dead.[8] After that she was imprisoned in Westerbork with her sons Ab and Marco and her nephew Sally Kimel ​​until the liberation.[9]

At the end of the 1940s, she ran a slipper factory with a brother-in-law.[2] On 23 May 1950, she obtained Dutch nationality.[10] Her son Ab emigrated to Israel around 1956 and took the name Avraham Rinat.[11] In 1971 she also emigrated to Israel.[1]

Source personal data.[1] Addresses: Lutmastraat 15 huis, Amsterdam (’28); Zuider Amstellaan 37 II (April 1932); Daniel Willinkplein 29A hs (16 May 1940); 13 III *(June 1940); Mozartkade 8 hs (December 1945).[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c, d Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Lea Goldberg; Geni: Lena Goldberg.
  2. a, b Memorie van Toelichting, Handelingen van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, 1949-1950, Kamerstuknummer 1567, ondernummer 3. Retrieved via Historische parlementaire documenten (1814 - 1995).
  3. ^ "Nieuwe schoenfabriek komt", Het Volk, 12 januari 1935, p. 16.
  4. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Eva Goldberg.
  5. ^ AFS, Anne Frank Collectie, reg. code A_Montessori_I_037 t/m 040, Ouderfonds Klasse B, jaren 1936-1937 t/m 1939-1940; AFS, AFC, reg code A_Montessorischool_I_002: Inschrijvingsboek voor leerlingen van de Zesde Montessorischool, 29 augustus 1932 tot en met 6 april 1959, volgnr. 145-146.
  6. ^ Arolsen Archives - International Center on Nazi Persecution, Bad Arolsen, Joodsche Raad Cartotheek, DocID: 130361429 (Szaja REINER).
  7. ^ Johannes Post was a Dutch resistance leader during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Wikipedia: Johannes Post.
  8. ^ Oorlogsgravenstichting: Szaja Reiner.
  9. ^ Arolsen Archives, Joodsche Raad Cartotheek, DocID: 130361420 (Abraham S REINER); DocID: 130361428 (Marcus D REINER); DocID: 130361427 (Lea REINER COLDBERG) en DocID: 130318700 (Salo KIMEL).
  10. ^ Handelingen van de Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal, 1949-1950, p. 755 (www.statengeneraaldigitaal.nl).
  11. ^ Wikipedia: Avraham Rinat; Veerkracht Online: Ab (Avraham) Rinat (NZSO). Also see his memoir: Avraham Rinat with Hila Tmor Ashur, To my father. I never had the chance to tell you: a memoir, Raanana: Docstory, 2023.