David van Stratum, born 8 September 1918, was a son of Mozes van Stratum and Engeltje Simmeren. He was unmarried and worked as presser in the clothing industry in Groningen. With his parents and elder sister he lived at Winschoterdiep 25 in Groningen City.
Early October 1942, the Germans held large-…
David van Stratum died on 15 December 1942 in Reichsautobahnlager Annaberg, Upper Silesia, Germany (today Poland).
The official cause of death: body decay (allgemeine Körperverfall).
Source: the official death certificate issued by German authorities (Standesamt).
In addition, Jokos files (numbers 60518, 54275) on this family or other family members are at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos files reveal that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to…
Research into the wartime civil registries of one of the civil registry offices in Upper Silesias (Poland) discovered many records that corresponded to deaths of inmates from the "Reichsautobahnlager Annaburg" and "Zwangsarbeitslager Niederkirch" camps.
A certificate of death for David van Stratum a…
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 …