Elisabeth van Stratum-Penha

About Henri van Stratum and his wife Elisabeth Penha.

Henri van Stratum, a grocery merchant, was the son of Jacob van Stratum and Anna Croonenberg. He was born in Eindhoven on 28 August 1882 and married in Antwerp on 19 September 1922 to Elisabeth Penha, who was born there on 29 March 1883 as the daughter of Mozes Penha and Rebecca Juliard. They both l…

Elisabeth Penha had nog een zusje Bertha Penha, geboren 19-5-1881 Antwerpen, overleden 30-6-1938 Antwerpen. Zij trouwde met Eliazer Swaan. Haar moeder Rebecca Juliard overleed 3-12-1918 in Amsterdam   ans meijlink  

About the convoys 22A and 22B of 20 September 1943.

The two 22nd convoys, brought together after their departure from Mechelen, were not formed under the same circumstances. Convoy 22A was a normal transport. The letter A, from the German "Ausländisch"(foreign), means that the convoy was reserved for Jewish aliens. According to the deportation progra…