Joseph Citroen

Rotterdam, 9 August 1872 – Sobibor, 28 May 1943

Reached the age of 70 years

Photos

Nine men attending a service in the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam on the occasion of the chupah of Maurits Speelman and Belia Soester, 20 March 1940.
Sitting in the front row from left to right: Mozes Visser, (grandfather of the groom), Isaac Soester, (father of the bride), Bernard Chapon (brother-in-law of the bride), and right Abraham Speelman, (brother of the groom). The latter survived the Shoah.
Second row left Levie Italiaander (uncle of the bride) unknown person and Joseph Citroen (with grey hat, uncle of the groom). The other persons in the photograph are unknown.
Collection JHM.

Placed by
Aline Pennewaard
On 21 Nov 2010
With: Bernard Chapon, Levie Italiaander, Joseph Citroen, Isaäc Soester, Mozes Visser, Maurits Speelman, Belia Speelman-Soester

Stories

Redactie Joods Monument

Biography 7 Apr 2016

About Joseph Citroen

Joseph Citroen was a son of Cosman Citroen and Rebecca Pool. He married Margaretha Visser in Amsterdam on 18 December 1902, a daughter of Mozes Visser and Esther Hakker. The couple had two children: Estella and Carel. Both the children and their mother have survived the war.

City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Joseph Citroen and Margaretha Visser.

Joseph Citroen was the brother of Anna Vo…