Sippora Barend, usually named Sientje, the fourth child of Salomon Barend and Lena IJzerkoper, was born on 6 September 1895 in Amsterdam. She married her cousin Joseph IJzerkoper, shoemaker by profession and a son of Samson IJzerkoper and Grietje Carels. He was known as Jopie. The couple had two dau…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 12412) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
A direct consequence of the German measures to isolate the Jewish population from the rest of society was that the Jewish community could no longer make use of non-Jewish services and suppliers.
Jewish tradespeople such as bakers, hairdressers, butchers, fishmongers, grocers, etc. received a special…