On Saturday, 11 April 1942, at 7.00 PM, ten Jewish residents of Leeuwarden were arrested in retaliation for removing the sign 'No Jews allowed' from a public bench in the Vossepark. They were sent to the camp at Amersfoort. Samuel van Gelder was among them. He was married to Sara Willemmina van Geld…
Samuel van Gelder was een van de vijf kinderen van Josua van Gelder [1851 Leeuwarden] & Rebecca Vreedenburg [1859 Harlingen]. Zijn vader overleed al in 1894 in Leeuwarden, zijn moeder kwam in 1943 om in Auschwitz. Ook zijn zuster Bertha [1883] en de drie broers David [1884], Jonas [1888] en Marcus…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 7982) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.