Sara Goedel

Female4 December 1931–5 March 1943

Brief Life History of Sara

When Sara Goedel was born on 4 December 1931, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, her father, Simon Goedel, was 23 and her mother, Bertha Peeper, was 27. She died on 5 March 1943, in Sobibór, Włodawa County, Lublin, Poland, at the age of 11.

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Family Time Line

Simon Goedel
1908–1941
Bertha Peeper
1904–1938
Sara Goedel
1931–1943
Jetje Goedel
1936–1943

Sources (2)

  • Sara Goedel, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sara Goedel, "Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950"

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Siblings (2)

World Events (3)

1934 · Jordanians Revolt in Amsterdam

Age 3

July 4, 1934, Jordanians in Amsterdam revolted because of reduction in employment.

1939

Age 8

Nazi Germany invades Poland. Beginning of World War II as the United Kingdom declares war on Germany in response to the invasion. The Soviet Union invades from the east. Germany and the Soviet Union divide Poland between them and treat Polish citizens, particularly Jews, with extreme brutality.

1940 · Battle of the Netherlands

Age 9

Amsterdam was invaded by Nazi Germany, who seized control of the country. This was one of the earliest instances of paratroops being dropped in mass numbers.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Franz, Horst, Otto, Gerd, Hans, Helmut, Aloysius, Bernd, Christoph, Dieter, Dietmar.

German (Göbel): from the personal name Göbel, a pet form of the Old High German name Godebert, composed of the elements gōd ‘good’ or god ‘god’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. Compare Cable and Gobel .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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