Willem Deen was a son of Marcus Deen and Vrouwtje Meijer van Kreveld. He came from a family with four children. He wanted to become a teacher, but eventually became a diamond worker. He married Elisabeth Nerden in 1919 in Zaandam. Because it was hard to find work as a diamond worker he started a pou…
See for more information on this family:
M. W. Deen, Een rieten koffer vol liefde ... en leed (Amsterdam, 2005/2006, fotokopie Joods Historisch Museum) and USC Shoah Foundation, USC-SF nr. 04373, interview Marcus Willem Deen
In addition, a Jokos file (number 12026) on this family is at the Amsterda…