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Leni Kohnke - Leyens

Leni Leyens was a close acquaintance of Edith Frank.

Person

  • Helène Kohnke - Leyens
  • Born on: Oct. 5, 1903
  • Born in: Wesel, Duitsland
  • Died on: Sept. 23, 1943
  • Died in: Auschwitz

Helène (Leni) Kohnke-Leyens was a close acquaintance of Edith Frank.[1] She came to Amsterdam in October 1933 and left for The Hague in January 1935.[2] She married Erich Kohnke on 3 January 1940 in The Hague.[3] On the website of her old grammar school in Wesel there is a short biography of her,[4] as well as her older brother Erich.[5] Otto Frank described her as a good acquaintance of Edith, who lived with her family for some time after leaving Hilversum.[6]

Source personal data.[7] Addresses: Stieltjeslaan 8, Hilversum;[3] Merwedeplein 37 II, Amsterdam (May '42);[6] Vossiusstraat 50 boven.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ The Kohnke family is mentioned several times by Anne. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 14 June 1942, 22 August 1942 and 16 oktober 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  2. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Gezinskaarten (toegangsnummer. 5422): Gezinskaart H. Leyens.
  3. a, b, c SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart H. Leyens.
  4. ^ Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium: Absolventen 1944-1900.
  5. ^ Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium: Berühmte Absolventen des KDG.
  6. a, b Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_071: Otto Frank aan ‘Meine Lieben’, 11 augustus 1945.
  7. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart H. Leyens; Joods Monument: Helene Leni Kohnke-Leyens.