Klara Polak-Nathans with her children. On Klara's lap the twin Betsy Aaltje (Bep) and Carolina Bertha (Lineke). Left from her, her daughter Bettje (Betty) and on the right her son Simon, who later would fall in the first days of May 1940 in the battle at the Grebbeberg. Photo April 1919.
It is uncertain whether Simon Polak still lived with his parents at the start of the war. He was, however, a draper and he lived in Hoogeveen. He was a son of Salomo Polak and Klara Nathans. Simon died on the Grebbeberg and lies buried at the war cemetery in Rhenen. Addition of a visitor of the webs…
Het Nationaal Instituut voor Militaire Historie (NIMH) in Den Haag beheert een database met namen van de gesneuvelde militairen en de omstandigheden waaronder zij zijn gevallen.[2] In de database staat tevens de religieuze gezindte vermeld. Bij 35 personen kon worden vastgesteld dat zij Joods waren.…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 9381) on this household is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.