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Trees(je) Lek

Trees(je) Lek was a classmate of Margot Frank at the Jewish Lyceum.

Person

  • Treesje Evelijn Lek
  • Born on: Jan. 12, 1925
  • Born in: Amsterdam, Nederland
  • Died on: Jan. 16, 1982
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Trees Lek was a classmate of Margot Frank at the Jewish Lyceum. They both sat in class 4B2.[1] Before that, she went to the Montessori Lyceum, just like her younger sister Stella. Trees and Stella can be seen in a school photo that was taken on 17 May 1941 on the occasion of the Montessori Lyceum's 10-year anniversary.[2]

It seems that the Lek's family home on Weteringschans was broken into on 2 May 1943; the family had already been deported.[3]

On 29 June 1945 an advert appeared in Aufbau suggesting that Trees, when she was in Sweden, had got in touch with a Fritz Lek in New York.[4]

Otto Frank sent her a copy of Het Achterhuis in June 1947, adding a comment that she and Bram appeared in several entries. On 2 July 1947 she wrote a thank-you note and told Otto that she had been bedridden for a year.[5]

She married Wolf de Leon on 10 April 1951.[6] It would appear that she had also been married to Bram Asscher.[7] However, her personal record card does not show this.[8]

Source personal data.[9] Addresses: Weteringschans 28hs, Amsterdam; Nicolaas Witsenkade 24hs (Sept. ’45).[10]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Dienke Hondius, Absent. Herinneringen aan het Joods Lyceum Amsterdam 1941-1943, Amsterdam: Vassallucci, 2001, p. 281-282; Anne Frank, Dagboek A, 23 maart 1944; Dagboek B, 20 juni 1942, 2e, in: Verzameld werk, Amsterdam: Prometheus, 2013.
  2. ^ Nihom, Channah en Nico Groen (red.), “Kom vanavond met verhalen.” Het Montessori Lyceum in de oorlogsjaren, Amsterdam: Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam, 2008, p. 206 (facsimile lijst van Joodse leerlingen), p. 191 (foto) en p. 197-199 (genummerde contouren en namenlijst).  
  3. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Gemeentepolitie Amsterdam, inv. nr. 6180: Rapporten bureau Leidseplein, 2 mei 1943, mut. 7.00 v.m.  
  4. ^ Aufbau, 29 juni 1945, p. 29.
  5. ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_100: Correspondentie Otto Frank.
  6. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart W. de Leon (’07).
  7. ^ E-mail van Dienke Hondius, 26 februari 2012. Dienke heeft de informatie van Ina Polak. 
  8. ^ Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie (CBG), Den Haag, Centraal archief van overledenen: Persoonskaart T.E. Lek.
  9. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart W. Lek (’82); CBG, Centraal archief van overledenen: Persoonskaart T.E. Lek.
  10. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart W. Lek (’82).