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Bertel Hess

Bertel Hess was a cousin of Hermann van Pels.

Person

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  • Bertel Hess
  • Born on: Feb. 14, 1904
  • Born in: Osnabrück, Duitsland
  • Died on: April 19, 2000

Foto Bertel Hess op Persoonsbewijs

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Publiek domein.

Bertel Hess was a cousin of Hermann van Pels. Her mother was Ida Vorsänger, a sister of Hermann's mother Lina. Her father was Jonas Hess.[1] In 1933 she left her birthplace and moved to Leeuwarden. From there she moved to the Jewish Invalid House in Amsterdam on 20 July 1933 as a linen maid.[2] She stayed there for almost ten years.

As a child she played a lot with her cousin Clara van Pels, who was of a similar age. Later, in Amsterdam, she had mainly contact with her cousin Henny, who visited her weekly.[3] Friend and colleague Lena Schrijver (1911-1943) took her to a house on Sarphatistraat. From there she was helped to Heemstede.[4] There she was able to go into hiding with a family and made it to liberation..[5]

On 23 September 1946, she received a certificate of good conduct from the municipality of Amsterdam, with a view to leaving to go abroad.[6] Shortly afterwards, she left for the United States.[7]

Source personal data.[8] Addresses: Osnabrück; Leeuwarden; Nieuwe Achtergracht 98, Amsterdam (1933);[2] Nieuwe Achtergracht 3-II, Amsterdam; Weesperplein 1, Amsterdam (1939); Jacob Obrechtstraat 92, Amsterdam (1945); Newark, USA (1947).[7]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Peter Junk & Martina Sellmeyer, Stationen auf dem Weg nach Auschwitz. Entrechtung, Vertreibung, Vernichtung. Juden in Osnabrück 1900 – 1945, Bramsche: Rasch Verlag, 1988, p. 281.
  2. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Archief van het Bevolkingsregister (toegang 5000), inv. nr. 2554: Gestichten, register nr. 14, blad 236, volgnr. 198.
  3. ^ AFS, Getuigenarchief Freund – Hess: Interview 1997-03 22 Bertel Freund – Hess met correcties, p. 15.
  4. ^ AFS, Getuigenarchief Freund – Hess: Interview 1997, p. 22.
  5. ^ Junk & Sellmeyer, Stationen auf dem Weg nach Auschwitz, p. 282.
  6. ^ AFS, Anne Frank Collectie, reg. code B_I_Getuigen_010: Verklaring van goed gedrag no. 15340, 23 september 1946.
  7. a, b SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart B. Hess.
  8. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart B. Hess; Anne Frank Stichting (AFS), Getuigenarchief, Freund – Hess: Correspondentie 1 Hess, Bertel.