Jesaya Swart was the ninth and last child born of the marriage between the labourer Levie Swart and Frouwke Kropveld. His father died in Amsterdam on 17 January 1940. Jesaya was born at Valkenburgerstraat 187, Amsterdam. He was deported to Mauthausen by way of Buchenwald. Jesaya Swart’s birth certif…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 1395) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
On 22 and 23 Febuary 1941, raids took place in Amsterdam, in which 390 Jewish men were arrested and deported. Only two of them survived. A recent investigation has shown that more than 100 men were gassed in Hartheim Castle, while Mauthausen was established as the official place of death.
In Februa…