Heinrich Waksman from Sandomierz in Poland, was a son of the shoemaker Leizor Waksman and Jisko Berman. 24 November 1927 he married in Amsterdam Henriette Fransman, a daughter of Mozes Fransman and Leentje Hildesheim. After their marriage the couple lived at Blasiusstraat 53 and there were following…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 33497) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
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 …
Manegestraat is a small side street of the Nieuwe Kerkstraat (between the Nieuwe Kerkstraat and the Nieuwe Prinsengracht) and where today is, among other things, the music school, there was between 1761 and 1888 the “Fransche Manege” (French Riding School). The horses of circus Carré were also stabl…