Jacob Lap, born 12 June 1898 in Amsterdam, was a son of Marcus Lap and Debora Juda and besides working as diamond worker, he was also an office clerk by profession. On 6 January 1927 he married in Amsterdam Marianne Waterman, born 3 July 1899 in Amsterdam as daughter of Levie Waterman and Leentje Sp…
Jacob Lap died on 13 December 1942 in Reichsautobahnlager Annaberg, Upper Silesia, Germany (today Poland).
The official cause of death: gangrene and body decay (Gangraen und Körperverfall).
Source: the official death certificate issued by German authorities (Standesamt).
In addition, a Jokos file (number 32269) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
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 Jacob Lap as discov…
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 …