Helena 'Lea' Nordheim

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Helena 'Lea' Nordheim

Hebrew: לאה נורדהיים
Also Known As: "Lea"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands)
Death: July 02, 1943 (39)
Sobibór, Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland (Murdered in the Holocaust)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of David Nordheim and Rebecca Overste
Wife of Abraham Kloot
Mother of Rebecca Kloot
Sister of Moses Nordheim; Marcus Nordheim; Juda Nordheim; Simon Nordheim; Bertha Nordheim and 3 others

Occupation: Hairdresser, lingerienaaister (1931)
Managed by: Moshe Nordheim
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About Helena 'Lea' Nordheim

From Wikipedia

Helena "Lea" Nordheim (August 1, 1903 – July 2, 1943) was a Jewish Dutch gymnast. She won the gold medal as a member of the Dutch gymnastics team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in her native Amsterdam.

She was born in Amsterdam and died in the Sobibor extermination camp. She was sent to Westerbork in June 1943 and shortly thereafter deported to Sobibór where she was murdered along with her husband Abraham Kloot and their ten-year-old daughter Rebbecca.

Bruidegom: Abraham Kloot Geboorteplaats: Amsterdam Leeftijd: 29 Beroep: kapper Vader bruidegom: Jonas Kloot Beroep: venter Moeder bruidegom: Claartje Stodel Bruid: Helena Nordheim Geboorteplaats: Amsterdam Leeftijd: 28 Beroep: lingerienaaister Vader bruid: David Nordheim Moeder bruid: Rebecca Overste Gebeurtenis: Huwelijk Datum: woensdag 25 november 1931 Gebeurtenisplaats: Amsterdam

cf.: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Stolpersteine_in_Amsterdam

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Helena 'Lea' Nordheim's Timeline

1903
August 1, 1903
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands)
1933
April 12, 1933
Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
1943
July 2, 1943
Age 39
Sobibór, Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland