Leendert Porcelijn, the 4th of the seven children of Salomon Porcelijn and Rika Augurk, was born in Amsterdam on 12 July 1909. His profession was musician: he played the saxophone and the drums. On 1 November 1939 he married Matthea Bolle in Amsterdam, a daughter of Levie Bolle and Klaartje Kornalij…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 6593) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
According to a survivor, Leendert Porcelijn perished in January 1944 in Jawiszowice. This differs from the official date of death of 29 February 1944 as determined by the Dutch Ministry of Justice after the war. For the time being, the website joodsmonument.nl list only the dates of death, as publis…
Of the transport of 19 October 1943 (Westerbork-Auschwitz), the majority of the men selected on arrival, deemed suitable for work, were put to work in "Warsaw" after 4 weeks of "quarantine", and a small part was sent to the coal mines at Jawischowitz, while nothing more was heard about the women aft…