Lion de Haas

This person is commemorated on a memorial in Wierden. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.

Lion de Haas was een zoon van Johannes de Haas en Gezina Liefmann Muller.

Hij is op 10 april 1899 getrouwd met Carolina Polak in Sleen.
(Drents Archief, Huwelijksakte 9)

Lion de Haas was married to Carolina Polak. The couple had a son, Simon Bertus de Haas. The family lived at 26 Kerkstraat in Wierden, where Lion de Haas owned a small oil and grease factory. The family members went into hiding in Wierden and later in Borne. They were caught by coincidence on 19 February 1944 and deported to Auschwitz via Westerbork.
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