The photograph above is of Gezina de Leeuwe-de Jong with her four children. I presume the photo was taken by her husband and the father of the children, Louis de Leeuw. I reckon that’s why he is not in the picture.
He was a son of Barend de Leeuwe and Sientje van Minden. He married Gezina de Jong from Assen on 2 October 1935 in Rotterdam, a daughter of Bernhard de Jong en Rachel de Levie. Louis was a factory worker and lived with his family at 1e Looiersdwarsstraat 3 hs in Amsterdam and since 20 September 1941 at Landzichtlaan 17 in Rotterdam Overschie.
On 11 July 1942, Louis was arrested in Rotterdam.
On 18 July 1942, he was transported to AmersfoortLouie and murdered in Camp Amersfoort on 23 October 1942, at the age of 42.
The couple had four children, all murdered at Sobibor, along with their mother.
Gezina de Leeuwe-de Jong, born December 10 in Assne, the Netherlands. Murdered in Sobibor on 21 May 1943, she was 35 years old.
The son, Barend de Leeuwe was born in Rotterdam on 3 December 1937. Murdered at Sobibor on 21 May 1943 and reached the age of 5 years.
The daughter, Sientje Rika de Leeuwe, was born in Utrecht on 22 February 1936. Murdered at Sobibor on 21 May 1943. She reached the age of 7 years.
Their son, Philip de Leeuwe, was born in Rotterdam on 25 August 1939. He was murdered at Sobibor on 21 May 1943. He was 3 years old.
A family of regular people—murdered. They were not criminals, just a young family who were at the start of what should have been a bright future.
sources
https://www.joodsmonument.nl/en/page/205115/louis-de-leeuwe
https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/tijdlijn/Louis-de-Leeuwe/01/96663
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