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Hetty de Levie

Around the mid-1930s, Hetty de Levie worked at Opekta at Singel 400. She appears in several photos with other staff members.

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Vervaardiger onbekend. Fotocollectie Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam
  • Henriette Rozaline de Levie
  • Breda, Nederland Oct. 14, 1915
  • Soest, Nederland Aug. 28, 1945

Hetty de Levie, Amsterdam, rond 1935

Vervaardiger onbekend. Fotocollectie Anne Frank Stichting, Amsterdam

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After her mother's death, Hetty and her sister Celine Sara (1913-1943) were placed in the Central Jewish Orphanage on Nieuwegracht in Utrecht. Both arrived at the orphanage on 14 April 1926. Two family members acted as guarantors, while a fund set up by solicitor and prosecutor J. Hamburger Adzn. covered the costs.[1] A job was found for Celine in Amsterdam in 1932.[2] Hetty remained there after Celine's departure until 9 May 1934.

In her later years at the orphanage, Hetty attended a teacher training college. Although the director of that school reported favourably on her, the orphanage management was not pleased with her behaviour. After repeated “serious conflicts”, she indicated that she “could not adapt to this environment”. She was therefore “returned to her father”. She did send the regents a letter of thanks.[3] At the end of May 1934, she moved in with her brother Henri (1908-1943) in Amsterdam for a short time and lived at various addresses in that city for more than three years.[4] Her father passed away in the summer of 1936.[5]

Details about when and for how long are lacking, but during this period in Amsterdam she found a job at Opekta at Singel 400. There are a few photographs of her with Victor Kugler, Miep Gies, Isa Monas, Henk van Beusekom and Branca Boom. The caption of one photograph identifies her as “Hetty Levy”.[6]

At the end of 1937, Hetty returned to Utrecht. On 29 May 1940, she was a witness at the wedding of her sister Mina (1902-1963). At that time, she was working as a housekeeper.[7] In June 1941, she was admitted to the Zonnegloren sanatorium in Soest, an institution for tuberculosis patients.[8] On 30 November 1942, the mayor of Soest informed the representative for the province of Utrecht that Hetty de Levie was the only Jewish person staying in an institution in his municipality, namely Zonnegloren.[9]

Hetty's sister Celine (also known as Lineke) ended up in Westerbork with her husband Siegfried Leezer and their three small children. Hetty collected all kinds of food for them in the sanatorium. Lineke wrote: 'Hetty, so you're staying slim even though you're being so well fed. My dear, the children will enjoy the oranges so much, and I think it's very sweet of you, but you could use them yourself.'[10] A few weeks later, the entire family was gassed in Sobibor.[11]

Hetty's Jewish Council card incorrectly states that she, like her other sister Marie Celine (1910-1943), was deported from Westerbork on 23 March 1943.[12] That transport also went to Sobibor and there were no survivors. Hetty did not go to Westerbork, but was apparently able to remain in Soest, as she passed away there in the summer of 1945.[13] In 1960, Victor Kugler – who did not remember her name but did remember her passing – referred to Hetty in a letter to Miep and Jan Gies after finding the Opekta photo.[14]

Source personal data.[15] ​Addresses: Breda; Spieghelstraat 66, Utrecht; Nieuwegracht 92 (orphanage);[16] Amsterdam, various addresses;[4] Antonius Matthaeuslaan 9, Utrecht; Soesterbergsestraat 125, Soest (Zonnegloren sanatorium).[17]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Centraal Israëlitisch Weeshuis, inv. nr. 42: register van opgenomen wezen. 
  2. ^ SAA, Stichting Centraal Israëlitisch Weeshuis in Nederland (toegang 1157), inv. nr. 163: notulen van Regentenvergadering 1919-1938, 114.
  3. ^ SAA, Centraal Israëlitisch Weeshuis, inv. nr. 163: notulen, 180, 184 en 208.
  4. a, b SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Gezinskaarten (toegang 5422): gezinskaart H.R. de Levie.
  5. ^ Noord-Hollands Archief (NHA), Burgerlijke Stand Hilversum (toegang 358.55), inv. nr. 31936: register van overlijdens, akte 417, 24 augustus 1936.
  6. ^ Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Anne Frank Collectie (AFC), reg. code A_Opekta_III_007: foto van Opektapersoneel voor Singel 400, midden jaren dertig.
  7. ^ Het Utrechts Archief (HUA), Burgerlijke Stand in de provincie Utrecht (toegang 463), inv. nr. 742-02: register van trouwakten Utrecht, akte 576, 29 mei 1940.
  8. ^ Maarten-Jan Vos, De gemeente Soest en haar joodse inwoners 1941 – 1950 (z.p. 2025) 16.
  9. ^ Archief Eemland (AE), Gemeentebestuur Soest 1929-1975 (toegang 0911), inv. nr. 1765: burgemeester A.L. des Tombe aan Prov. Commissaris, 30 november 1942.
  10. ^ Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies NIOD (NIOD), Collectie Correspondentie (toegang 247), inv. nr. 50: C.S. Leezer-de Levie aan M. Jansen-de Levie, 20 mei en 18 juni 1943.
  11. ^ Digitaal Joods Monument: Celina Leezer-de Levie.
  12. ^ Nationaal Holocaust Museum (Amsterdam), Cartotheek van de Joodse Raad 1941-1945 (D024000): registratiekaarten van M.C. de Levie en H.R. de Levie; Arolsen Archives - International Center on Nazi Persecution, Bad Arolsen, Joodsche Raad Cartotheek: DocID: 130332173 (Marie C DE LEVIE) en DocID: 130331953 (Henriette R DE LEVIE).
  13. ^ HUA, Burgerlijke Stand provincie Utrecht, inv. nr. 1792: register van overlijdens Soest, akte 384, 29 augustus 1945.
  14. ^ AFS, AFS.02087: Victor Kugler aan Miep en Jan Gies, 11 december 1960.
  15. ^ HUA, Gemeentebestuur Utrecht 1813-1969 (toegang 1007-2), inv. nr. 7989-29: gezinskaart Jacob de Levie, post 8; HUA, Burgerlijke Stand in de provincie Utrecht, inv. nr. 1792: register van overlijdens Soest, akte 384, 29 augustus 1945.
  16. ^ HUA, Gemeentebestuur Utrecht, inv. nr. 7989-29; gezinskaart J. de Levie, post 8.
  17. ^ AE, Gemeentebestuur Soest, inv. nr. 1765: Des Tombe aan Provinciaal Commissaris, 30 november 1942.

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