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Sophie Hillesum (Kottek)

Also Known As: "Sofia"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hessen, Germany
Death: March 06, 1944 (52)
Oswiecim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (Holocaust victim)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rabbi Samuel Heimann Kottek and Rosa Kottek
Wife of Jeremias Eliyahu Hillesum
Mother of Jetty Zadek; Hermann Hilary Ashley Hillesum and Uri Meijer Philip Hillesum
Sister of Jenny Auerbach; Selma Klein (Kottek); Dr. Salomon Kottek; Aron Kottek; Alexander Kottek and 3 others

Occupation: Housewife
Managed by: Private User
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About Sophie Hillesum

Eintrag im »Gedenkbuch« des Bundesarchivs:

  • Hillesum, Sofie Sophie
  • geb. Kottek
  • geboren am 25. Mai 1891
  • in Homburg v. d. Höhe, Bad/Obertaunuskreis/Hessen-Nassau
  • wohnhaft in Homburg v. d. Höhe, Bad
  • EMIGRATION
  • Niederlande
  • DEPORTATION
  • ab Niederlande
  • 00.00.1944, Auschwitz, Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslager
  • TODESDATUM
  • 06. März 1944
  • TODESORT
  • Auschwitz, Vernichtungslager
  • für tot erklärt

cf. also: https://www.joodsmonument.nl/nl/page/217227/sofie-hillesum-kottek

1913--1996- The Eger Family Association- pg 19

1913--1990- The Eger Family Association - אילן ז

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Sophie Hillesum's Timeline

1891
May 25, 1891
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Hessen, Germany
1914
March 7, 1914
Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
1915
1915
Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
1925
July 13, 1925
Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
1944
March 6, 1944
Age 52
Oswiecim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland