Abraham de Wit was a son of Levie de Wit and Grietje de Roode. He was a merchant by profession and got engaged to Veronica Kaufman on 17 Juli 1938, a daughter of Samuel Kaufman and Jetje Meijer. Then some time later, Abraham and Veronica married in Rotterdam and on 17 February 1941, their daughter G…
For a biographical note see: H.E. Dominicus, Mauthausen. Een gedenkboek (2e herziene en uitgebreide druk; Amsterdam 1999) 170-171.
In addition, a Jokos file (number 60393) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappeli…
According to the "Sterbebücher" (death records) of Auschwitz, Abraham de Wit murdered there on 4 September 1942. This date is different from the official date of death as determined by the Dutch Ministry of Justice after the war. For the time being, the website joodsmonument.nl, list only the offici…