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Jacob van Messel, birth 12 Feb 1889 Leeuwarden, died 14 OKT 1944 Auschwitz, Polen
(divorced) to: Helena Kanis, birth 22 Jan 1890 Den Haag, died 12 Jan 1943 Amsterdam 1st marriage 2nd marriage 3rd marriage, daughter of Barend Kanis and Fina Eva Canter https://www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/507782/about-helena-de-leeuwe-kanis Helena Kanis was a divorcee with two children. She had no profession. She lived at 150 Herengracht in Amsterdam. Before the start of the war, she helped refugees coming from Germany. She fought the nazi-regime in the thirties, for example by publi shing anti-German pamphlets which she printed on her own printing press. Helena Kanis lent a hand to German deserters. At the point of her arrest, on 12 January 1943, she took her own life. She reached the age of 53. NIOD, Erelijst Verzet en Koopvaardij, database made by J.W. de Leeuw; NIOD, Records Joodse Raad, box 36d, letter d.d. 18 February 1943; B. Braber, Zelfs als wij zullen verliezen. Joden in verzet en illegaliteit in Nederland 1940-1945 (Amsterdam, 1990) 37, 162 |
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Jacob van Messel
to: Rachel Morporgo, birth 24 Sep 1904 Amsterdam, died 28 Feb 1945 Midden-Europa |