Barend Barend was the third of the twelve children of Gerrit Barend and Heintje Visser. He was born on 4 May 1897 in Amsterdam and married there Sara Premselaar from Amsterdam, who was born there on 5 April 1897 as a daughter of Aäron Premselaar and Jette Koe. Barend and Sara had one daughter, named…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 4214) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting b…
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 …
Part of the text on page 223 from volume 8 of Dr. L. de Jong: conditions in the Seibersdorf forced labor camp, located in the south of Poland near the Czech border:
Just as in Bobrek, a new camp had to be built in Seibersdorf. "During the day," according to a member of the Kosel group, "we had to wo…