Charles Vecht

Elburg, – Auschwitz,

Reached the age of 52 years

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About Charles Vecht

Charles Vecht took care of Jewish refugees from Germany in the thirties. He provided them with food and shelter and in return they worked in his factory. When two of his children went into hiding against his will, he gave them 10.000 guilders nonetheless. Addition of a visitor of the website

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Partij verloren...

De Koninklijke Nederlandse Schakersbond heeft reeds in 1947 een bijzonder gedenkboek uitgegeven met de namen en een korte beschrijving van omgekomen l…

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Charles Vecht and his family

Charles Vecht was a manufacturer. He was married to Elisabeth Heimans. The family lived at 3 Rhijnvis Feithlaan in Zwolle with the parents of Charles, Jacob Vecht and Bertha Weijl. D. Stibbe and J. Hagedoorn, Herinneringsboek joods Zwolle 1940-1945 (Zwolle 1995) 60-61 One other child, that had left…

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Charles Vecht was schaker

Charles Vecht staat vermeld in:  L.G. Eggink, W.A.T. Schelfhout (samenst.):  Partij verloren... : gedenkboek ter herinnering aan de schakers in Nederland, die tijdens de bezetting heengingen. Amsterdam 1947. Charles Vecht was lid van de Zwolsche Schaakclub.

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Biografie familie Vecht-Heimans

Frank Inklaar, ‘Sociale bewogenheid en succesvol ondernemerschap', in: Piet den Otter en Anneke van der Wurff (red.), Sprekende stenen. Stolpersteine in Zwolle . Gorredijk: Noordboek-Van Gorcum, 2025, p. 286-288.

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The address of Charles Vecht

Van Nagellstraat 9, Zwolle Visit location page