Stumbling Stone Kijkduinstraat 44

This memorial stone (so called Stolpersteine of stumbling blocks) commemorates:

Reina Bos Janszen-Schrijver

The small copper plaques, in the pavement in front of houses of which the (mostly Jewish) residents were murdered by the Nazis, mention the name, date of birth and place (mostly a concentration camp) and date of death.

In many other cities, mainly in Germany but also in other European countries, the memorials also can be found. There are already many thousands of these plaques and their number is still counting. Almost all Stolpersteine are laid by the German artist himself, Gunter Demnig.

REINA BOS JANSZEN-SCHRIVER
February 23rd, 1876 (Amsterdam) - July 2nd, 1943 (Sobibor)
44 KIJKDUINSTREET
Reina Schrijver, daughter of diamond cutter Hijman Schrijver and Anna Stodel, was born in Amsterdam on 23 February 1876 as the second child in a family of eight children. As a young woman, Reina also worked in the diamond industry herself.
In April 1900 Reina left for the former Dutch East Indies and returned to Amsterdam in December 1901. She may have met her future husband there. In any case, she married the non-Jewish Lambertus Bos Janszen on 3 November 1903 in Amsterdam. He was ten years her senior and already had two illegitimate daughters in the Indies, whom he had acknowledged. Immediately after their marriage, Reina and Lambertus left for the Dutch East Indies, where he worked as a horticulturalist and administrator for cultural companies.
After returning to the Netherlands, they settled in Rheden, where their daughter Emielie was born on August 5, 1908. A few years after the death of Lambertus in October 1922, Reina moved to Amsterdam, where she moved in with the family of her older sister Elisabeth. Her daughter Emielie settled in Haarlem with her husband Jacob Pool in 1938 and on May 5, 1939 Reina also moved to Haarlem. She moved into a new-build rental house at 44 Kijkduinstraat.
In September 1942 Reina went into hiding, presumably together with her daughter Emielie and her husband. After their arrest by treason, they were immediately deported to Sobibor on the day of their arrival in Westerbork. After arriving in Sobibor, all three were immediately killed.
Arrival in Westerbork on June 29, 1943.
Transport from Westerbork to Sobibor on June 29, 1943.
Murdered in Sobibor on July 2, 1943.
She was 67 years old.

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Source

• Text: Reini Elkerbout
• Photos: Reini Elkerbout