Joseph was sitting with his sick wife while the German soldiers came to take them. She (Hendrika Appel) had cancer, and he jumped from the 3rd. floor windows. That is the way they where taken in a train: she is sick (stomach cancer) and he with both legs broken. I am called after my grandfathers name.
In addition, a Jokos file (number 18444) on this person is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for :
- securities or bonds. (W-claim, number Asp1/1275)…