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Jacob Worms. Photo January 1928 when he lived in Deurne (Belgium) and worked as apprentice diamond worker.
Source: Felix Archief Antwerpen, Dossier of Foreigners no. 1170/272888 from Deurne
Jacob Worms was a son of Salomon Worms and Mietje Furth and was born on 25 January 1910 in Amsterdam. He started his working career as butcher, but changed profession and became a diamond worker, just like his father. He stayed with his parents and siblings many times in Borgerhout and Deurne (Antwe…
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 …