Izak van Blijdenstijn, merchant, was the youngest of the six children of Hijman van Blijdenstijn and Judith Docters, of whom one child was stillborn. Izak was born on 21 October 1894 in Ophemert and married 12 July 1921 in Varik, municipality of West Betuwe, the sister of his brother-in-law Izaäk Ka…
The period between 28 August till 12 December 1942 was known as the so-called “Kozel-period”. Named as such, as a number of transports with deported Jews from Belgium, France and Holland were stopped at Kozel station, about 80 km west from Auschwitz, where the Germans unloaded men who were suitable …