Tracing telegram sent by Esthella Leviett-Batavier, June 1945
Object numberM2016/020:003
TitleTracing telegram sent by Esthella Leviett-Batavier, June 1945
DescriptionCablegram, the Great Northern Telegraph Co Denmark sent on 12 June 1945 from Sweden to Abraham Krouwer, a member of the Jewish Council in Amsterdam. The message states; "Here Esthella Leviet Batavier Alone Any news about her family Please answer".
Part of a collection of photographs, documents and memorabilia donated by Carla Moore (nee Caroline Elisabeth Kogel), relating to her mother, Esthella's Holocaust and post-Holocaust experience, including her recuperation after the war to Sweden together with other Dutch survivors.
Esthella Kogel (nee Batavier) was born 18 September 1922 in Amsterdam to Abraham Batavier and Sarah Batavier-Carwalho. Her brother, Frederik-Jack Batavier, was born in 1929. In July 1942, Esthella married Abraham Leviet (born 1920 in Leeuwarden). On 16 October 1942 he was arrested and deported to Westerbork via a jail in Amsterdam, and eventually deported to Sobibor where he was murdered on 30 April 1943.
Esthella's parents and brother were arrested on 11 February 1943 and sent to Vught. Her mother and brother were murdered in Sobibor on 11 June 1943 and her father was deported via Westerbork to Auschwitz where he was murdered on 26 March 1944. In February 1943, Esthella was forced to live in the Jewish Ghetto in Ingogostraat, Amsterdam, until September when she was taken to Westerbork (on 29 September 1943) and then Bergen-Belsen (on 1 February 1944). In December 1944, she was transported to a camp in Germany to work as a forced labourer.
Esthella was liberated in May 1945; the Red Cross took her and many others to Malmo, Sweden, to recuperate. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis, pleurisy and weighed 40 kilos. In November 1945 she was repatriated to Holland. In September 1947, Esthella married Max Kogel (born 25 January 1916 in Amsterdam). They had three children, Robert, Caroline and Jacqueline. The Kogel family immigrated to Australia in 1957.
Part of a collection of photographs, documents and memorabilia donated by Carla Moore (nee Caroline Elisabeth Kogel), relating to her mother, Esthella's Holocaust and post-Holocaust experience, including her recuperation after the war to Sweden together with other Dutch survivors.
Esthella Kogel (nee Batavier) was born 18 September 1922 in Amsterdam to Abraham Batavier and Sarah Batavier-Carwalho. Her brother, Frederik-Jack Batavier, was born in 1929. In July 1942, Esthella married Abraham Leviet (born 1920 in Leeuwarden). On 16 October 1942 he was arrested and deported to Westerbork via a jail in Amsterdam, and eventually deported to Sobibor where he was murdered on 30 April 1943.
Esthella's parents and brother were arrested on 11 February 1943 and sent to Vught. Her mother and brother were murdered in Sobibor on 11 June 1943 and her father was deported via Westerbork to Auschwitz where he was murdered on 26 March 1944. In February 1943, Esthella was forced to live in the Jewish Ghetto in Ingogostraat, Amsterdam, until September when she was taken to Westerbork (on 29 September 1943) and then Bergen-Belsen (on 1 February 1944). In December 1944, she was transported to a camp in Germany to work as a forced labourer.
Esthella was liberated in May 1945; the Red Cross took her and many others to Malmo, Sweden, to recuperate. She was diagnosed with tuberculosis, pleurisy and weighed 40 kilos. In November 1945 she was repatriated to Holland. In September 1947, Esthella married Max Kogel (born 25 January 1916 in Amsterdam). They had three children, Robert, Caroline and Jacqueline. The Kogel family immigrated to Australia in 1957.
Production placeSweden
Production date 1945-06-12
Object nametelegrams
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 228.00 mm
height: 205.00 mm
Language
- Dutch
English
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ms Carla Moore