Erna Weiss

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Weiss, Erna

geborene Falk geboren am 02. Juli 1893 in Krefeld / - / Rheinprovinz wohnhaft in Köln

Inhaftierung: 1942 - 11. Januar 1944, Westerbork, Sammellager

Emigration: 1933, Niederlande

Deportation: ab Westerbork 11. Januar 1944, Bergen-Belsen, Konzentrationslager 10. April 1945, Theresienstadt (urspr. Transportziel)

Todesdatum: 06. Mai 1945 Todesort: Tröbitz Schicksal: für tot erklärt

Erna Falk and her family lived in Cologne. In 1933 the family fled to the Netherlands. During the war the parents and one child (Aharon) were transported to Bergen-Belsen. The other child (Shalom) went underground. When in 1945 Bergen-Belsen was evacuated by the "Lost Train", Erna Weiss-Falk died en route near the German town Tröbitz. The other family members survived the war. From 1933 until 1940 Erna Falk lived in the Dalialaan 44 in Aerdenhout. From 1940 she lived in Hilversum, until she was taken to Westerbork in 1942. this is a recording of Erna singing two arias from Mozart's "the wedding of Figaro": [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuQDey4jAXA]