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Robert Charles
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Robert's index card from the Jewish Council card file in Amsterdam (photo source: arolsen-archives.org). The information office of the Netherlands Red Cross (NLRC) in The Hague created a file for Robert after the war under dossier number 120,366?. It contained all the information known at that time about him and his persecution. The date of Robert's arrival at transit camp Westerbork ("Wbk"), 26 August 1943, was noted in the upper-right corner. His deportation date to Auschwitz ("Tr. 31.8.43") was written in red pencil.
The NLRC dossiers are housed in the Nationaal Archief in the Hague. In 2021 the NLRC announced its intention to transfer the Jewish Council Index Card Archive to the Joods Cultureel Kwartier, which plans to exhibit the archive at the Nationaal Holocaustmuseum beginning in late 2022.
Van een of meer mensen in dit gezin hebben wij niet kunnen vaststellen of zij de oorlog al dan niet overleefd hebben. Hun naam is niet teruggevonden op lijsten van overlevenden, maar wij hebben hen ook niet met zekerheid kunnen terugvinden in In Memoriam. Zij zijn in het monument als 'overlevend' aa…
Robert Charles van Messel apparently worked as a nurse at the Joodsche Invalide, a large care facility for elderly and disabled individuals in Amsterdam. One of his co-workers was Louise van IJssel, whose webpage on Joods Monument provides much of this information about Robert's life and death.
He …