Jacobus de Leeuw, wholesaler in meat by profession, was the youngest son of Abraham de Leeuw and Betje Zeehandelaar. He married 15 December 1921 in Amsterdam Maria Wolff, a daughtrer of David Wolff, a commissioner from Nijmegen and Clara Jessurun Lobo from Amsterdam. Jacobus and Maria had two childr…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 18022) 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 …