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Eva Kimel - Goldberg (1893)

Eva Kimel-Goldberg was the mother of Anne's classmate Sal Kimel.

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  • Eva Kimel - Goldberg
  • Kielce, Polen Dec. 13, 1893
  • Sobibor, Polen May 21, 1943

Eva Kimel-Goldberg,

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Eva Kimel-Goldberg was married to Felix Kimel.[1] She was the mother of Sally Kimel.[2] When Eva Goldberg married him in Berlin, he was a widower who already had two children from his first marriage. In 1928 their only child, son Sally (Salo, Sol, Sal), was born in the German capital. The marriage ended in divorce not long afterwards and in 1930 Eva moved with her son to Amsterdam, where her sister Lea already lived for several years with her husband Szaja (Josef) Reiner and their two sons Ab (1929) and Marco (1932).[3]

According to Ab Rinat (Reiner), son of Lea Goldberg and a good friend of his cousin Sal Kimel, Eva Kimel-Goldberg was arrested in the street, but he did not give any further details about this in the interview.[4]

After her arrest in November 1942, she ended up in camp Westerbork via the Hollandsche Schouwburg. Because her brother-in-law Josef Reiner had connections with the Jewish Council, he arranged for Eva to stay in Westerbork. This worked for six months, but finally, on 18 May 1943, she was deported to Sobibor, where she was killed in the gas chambers immediately upon arrival.[3]

After his mother was arrested, Sally went to live with the family of his aunt Lea Reiner-Goldberg, his mother's sister.[4] HAfter a raid, the family went into hiding, as did Sally. He ended up with a sister of Johannes Post near Hoogeveen.[5] When after a year the latter could no longer shelter him, he went to an address close by where his relatives had been staying for a some time. On 7 February 1945, they were accidently discovered by members of the Landwacht passing by.  They were subsequently arrested. His uncle was interrogated, severely beaten and finally shot.[6] The others ended up in Westerbork, and remained there until it was liberated by the Canadians.[7]

Source personal data.[1] Addresses: Berlin; Lutmastraat 15 huis, Amsterdam (’30); Zuider Amstellaan 37 II (March ’33); Daniel Willinkplein 29A hs (18 May 1940); 13 III (June ’40).[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Eva Goldberg.
  2. ^ Anne refers to her as his mother. Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 6 January 1944, in: The Collected Worksm transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  3. a, b Joods Monument: Eva Kimel-Goldberg.
  4. a, b Anne Frank Stichting, Getuigenverhalen 2010, Ab Rinat, 6b: Transcriptie interview door David de Jongh, 4 mei 2009.
  5. ^ Johannes Post was a Dutch resistance leader during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Wikipedia: Johannes Post.
  6. ^ AFS, Getuigenverhalen 2010, Sol Kimel, disc 6b-c: Transcriptie interview Sol Kimel door David de Jongh, 4 mei 2009.
  7. ^ Hans Piek, Sal Kimel & Lea, Ab en Marco Reiner, Westerbork Portretten.