Simon Reiss, son of Barend Reiss and Hanna Marie Root, was born 16 September 1913 in Amsterdam. He lived at home at Tugelaweg 97 parterre, together with his mother and sibs Lena, Esther, Kitty, Josephine and Abraham Mozes. Simon was employed as warehouse clerk but later he worked as a domestic serva…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 31225) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
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 …