Mietje Kinsbergen was a daughter of Philip Kinsbergen and Branca Brilleman. She had a rare eye disease. Her eyelashes grew into her eyes. Her husband Abraham helped her by daily taking the eyelashes from her eyes.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 51874) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
Mietje Heertje-Kinsbergen took her own life under pressure of the circumstances.
NIOD, Records Joodse Raad, box 244d, lett…
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