Israël Samuël Kropveld worked as a street trader twice a week in the fishing village of Urk. He settled there shortly before the war. In May 1942 his family had to move to Amsterdam by order of the occupying forces. A year later, they were deported to Sobibor by way of Westerbork.
In 1995, a war memorial was unveiled in Urk with the names of Israël Samuël Kropveld, his wife Hendrika Kropveld-de la Penha and their youngest daughter, Lea Kropveld.
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The story of the Kropveld family is told in the book by J. van Slooten Een ver-Urkte Israeliet. Het levensverhaal van Japien de Joode (Urk 1995).
In addition, a Jokos file (number 20237) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.