Henriette Salomonson was born on 1 November 1862 in Almelo, daughter of Maurits Salomonson and Jeanette Mesritz. She trained in Haarlem as one of the early women able to become a teacher, qualifying as an assistant teacher and passing German and French exams. She later worked as a teacher or governess, including periods in the Dutch East Indies, where she taught in Semarang, Cheribon and Makassar. After living in Bloemendaal and Amsterdam, she moved to Van Hogendorpstraat 16 in Haarlem on 25 March 1942, near her brother Isaac Lion. After his deportation, she moved to Amsterdam. Henriette arrived in Westerbork on 29 January 1943; attempts to secure leave failed. On 9 February she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered on arrival, 12 February 1943, aged 80.
