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Reina van Leer

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Reina van Leer

 Drachten, 7 December 1880

 Auschwitz, 22 October 1942

Reina van Leer, daughter of Leman van Leer and Froukje Levie, was a maidservant. She never married. After working in Amsterdam and The Hague, she moved to Meppel. She lived on the Vledderstraat and later - from 1932 - at 13 Touwstraat, across from the synagogue.
 Reina van Leer observed Jewish religious prescriptions. Her niece used to visit her and remembers:
 'When I visited her in Meppel on Saturdays, she would ask: "Would you like a cup of tea?" If I answered that I would, she would say: "Then light the gas yourself to heat the water." She would not light the gas on the Shabbat.'

 Reina van Leer was taken from her home on 3 October 1942 and was deported to Auschwitz via Westerbork.

This person lived alone or no information about family members is known or traceable.

Personalia  (2314)
Leer, Reina van   (61 jr.) 07-12-1880  te Drachten
Touwstraat 13 te Meppel (laatste adres) 22-10-1942  te Auschwitz
groepsindeling volgens Jack Kooistra:  Joods (ELS)
Ongehuwd. Zij werd op 19 oktober 1942 vanuit Westerbork naar Polen gedeporteerd. Geen aanwijsbaar graf. OGS: gedenkboek 19.