Gertrud Auguste Koch1,2,3

F, #9116, * 22 May 1911, + 12 Mar 1998
FatherLudolf Koch1,2 * 18 Aug 1878, + 9 May 1941
MotherCäcilia Mayer1,2 * 21 Jul 1880, + 10 Apr 1968
Trude Koch, c. 1939

Family

Frederik Willem Broekman * 25 Nov 1909, + 6 Oct 2002
Children
  • Marinus Johan Broekman10,11
  • Victoria Elisabeth Broekman12 * 30 May 1947, + 30 May 1947
  • Victoria Irene Broekman13
     Gertrud Auguste Koch was born on 22 May 1911 in Landstuhl, Germany.1,2,3,4 She married Frederik Willem Broekman, son of Marinus Johannes Broekman and Rosalia Voss, on 18 Mar 1939 at Amsterdam.2,3 She died on 12 Mar 1998 in Wageningen.5,3,6 She was cremated in the "Rijk van Nijmegen" Crematory in Beuningen.5 There was a death notice in the Het Gelders dagblad on 18 Mar 1998, in which her husband, children and grandchildren were mentioned.5,6

Other information:
Her signature on the menu of the wedding dinner. She worked c 1932 in the store owned bij Hermann and Anna Voss at Jülich.7
Gertrud Auguste Koch and Frederik Willem Broekman moved on 5 Jun 1939 to Hilversum from Amsterdam. On May 20, 1943 they moved back to Amsterdam, and on 10 Feb 1944 back again to Hilversum. The address is then Pr. Julianalaan 8.8

Frederik Willem and Gertrud Auguste survived the 2nd World War, thanks to the help of Hans Georg Calmeijer, a German lawyer, who, in the Netherlands, had to make the decisions about who was jewish and who was not. More information about Hans Georg Calmeijer from Yad-vashem (in English), Wikipedia (in German), and the town of Osnabruck (in German).
Gertrud Auguste Koch received bt 1940 - 1941 some letters from Cäcilia Mayer in Buenos Aires. click here.9
For a short blogpost, see link.

Photos:
Trude (middle) and friends c. 1930.


Name variants: Trude Koch (nickname.)7

Citations

  1. [S135] Broekman Family Papers, Papers, Gertrud Auguste Koch, 22 May 1911; Landstuhl Births: 1911 #75.. Held by Afina Broekman.
  2. [S135] Broekman Family Papers, Papers, Friedrich Wilhelm Broekman and Gertud Auguste Koch, Marriage Booklet. Held by Afina Broekman.
  3. [S135] Broekman Family Papers, Papers, Gertrud Auguste Koch, 12 Mar 1998; Wageningen Overlijden: #200057 (Uittreksel/Extract). Held by Afina Broekman.
  4. [S1152] Germany Birth certificates (paper copies, collected by Frits Broekman)
    , Gertrud Auguste Koch, 22 May 1911; Landstuhl Births: 1911 #75.
  5. [S817] Geld. Dagblad, (18 Mar 1998), Death notice Trude Broekman-Koch, 18 Mar 1998.
  6. [S133] Death notice of Trude Broekman-Koch (Rouwkaart/Printed death notice). Death Announcement.
  7. [S135] Broekman Family Papers, Papers, oral communication. Held by Afina Broekman.
  8. [S70] BS: Extract Hilversum dd 18 Jan 1946.
  9. [S135] Broekman Family Papers, Papers. Held by Afina Broekman.
  10. [S822] Broekman - Gast Family, Papers and photo's, Marinus Johan Broekman, 24 Oct 1944; Hilversum, Births (Uittreksel/Extract dd 10 Sep 1974). Held by Afina Broekman.
  11. [S822] Broekman - Gast Family, Papers and photo's, Marinus Johan Broekman en Afina Gast. Utrecht, 2 May 1967; Marriage Booklet. Held by Afina Broekman.
  12. [S2] BS. Hilversum Overlijden : 1947 #435. Levenloos kind Broekman, 30 May 1947.
  13. [S135] Broekman Family Papers, Papers, Marriage announcement Alain Druet and Vike Broekman. Held by Afina Broekman.