Mirjam Scheiner was Emile Jacobs en Luise Cats' foster daughter. Mirjam was smuggled to the Netherlands in February 1939, when she was 7 weeks old. The Jacobs family in Amsterdam took care of her to the extent that they eventually wished to adopt her. Evidence to this fact comes from a letter from 1…
Mirjam Scheiner's parents - David Scheiner and Paula Scheiner-Bienstock - lived with their three children Erich, Doris and Mirjam in Dortmund, Leopoldstraße 30. With the support of the Kinder-Comité Amsterdam Mirjam was brought to Amsterdam in february 1939. Her parents and siblings fled to Belgium …
In addition, a Jokos file (number 8117) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk. The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting …