Ida Katz-Hess committed suicide in camp Westerbork.
Oorlogsarchief Nederlandse Rode Kruis (War archives of the Dutch Red Cross), Coll. Westerbork, nr. 298
Ida Katz-Hess died on 6 July 1943 in Westerbork transit camp and she was cremated on 7 July 1943. The urn with her ashes was placed on the Jewis…
Wilhelm Katz and Ida Hess committed suicide because they thought both of their children had died in concentration camps. They are buried in Amsterdam.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 1888) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject…
Wilhelm Katz was in Duitsland directeur van de grootste ziektekostenverzekeraar van het land, tot de nazi's hem in 1934 ontsloegen. Het gezin Katz vertrok naar Nederland, waar Wilhelm in Amsterdam het bedrijf Verzekering Voor Ziekte startte, de eerste particuliere ziektekostenverzekeraar van Nederla…