Virve Leoke’s death certificate
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The official record of Virve’s death in Germany.
What the record says
- Mörlbach registry no. 6/1945.
- Died 26 February 1945 at Mörlbach, aged 25; single; Lutheran.
- Hour of death recorded as unknown.
- Living with her parents at Äußere Ringstraße 568½, Windsheim.
- This copy was issued on 24 January 1951, for postwar tracing documentation.
Key entries as read in the family history; a full transcription has not yet been made.
What it supports
The certificate establishes the date and place of death. That she was killed in an Allied air attack on a train near Mörlbach is the probable circumstance, drawn from family memory and local accounts of an attack that day; no document places her on the train.
Uncertain
The issue date of this copy does not show when the family learned of her death.
- Code
- L301
- Collection
- Leoke family · Arolsen: Virve Leoke (died 1945)
- Catalog description
- Virve (Wirwe Helje) Leoke: death certificate, Moerlbach no. 6-1945
- Repository
- Arolsen Archives
- Reference
- Arolsen document number not yet recorded
- Reuse
- Arolsen Archives documents may be used with a source citation; check their terms.
- People
- Virve (Wirwe) Helje Leoke 1919–1945
- In the family history
- Germany, 1944–1948
How to cite this page
The Leoke and Koik Families, “Virve Leoke’s death certificate” (L301), compiled by the Koik family, https://koikleoke.dckoiks.com/records/l301.html, accessed [date].