Abraham Swart was a son of Jeremias Swart and Saartje Leuw. Before he was married, Abraham was a diamond worker, but later, he had a cigar shop. 24 August 1905 Abraham Swart married in Amsterdam Sophia Swaab, a daughter of Jesajas Swaab and Eva Jacobson. The couple had four children, namely Jeremi…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 6488) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
Sunday 20 June 1943: in the southern and eastern part of Amsterdam a big raid has taken place on the last remaining Jews in the city. Germans as well as the Amsterdam police blocked all streets, went into houses to bring the Jews to the gathering places.
At this raid, a large part of the remaining J…