Letter written by Maurits van Voolen (as an employee of the Jewish Council) to friends, telling them that his family has just been arrested during a raid in Amsterdam. (reverse side) Private collection
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Letter written by Maurits van Voolen (as an employee of the Jewish Council) to friends, telling them that his family has been arrested during a raid in Amsterdam Private collection
Annelise Julie van Voolen died on 1 July 1943 in Westerbork transit camp and she was cremated on 7 July 1943. The urn with her ashes was placed on the Jewish cemetry in Muiderberg on field U, row 2, grave nr. 2.
Register van joden die in het kamp Westerbork zijn gecremeerd, 1943-1944; archief van de…
During the war Maurits van Voolen worked for the Jewish Council. While he was at his office at the Nieuwe Keizersgracht he heard that his family had been arrested during a major raid in Amsterdam. He wrote a letter to friends to notify them. Maurits was going to follow his family and he would volunt…