Abraham Delmonte

Abraham Delmonte was a son of Emanuel Delmonte and Betje Mendels. The family resided in Amsterdam were he, his two brothers Jacob and Salomon and his sister Mina were born. His father Emanuel Delmonte however passed away on 8 November 1918 and he was interred two days later in the Portguese Jewish Cemetery Beth Haim at Ouderkerk a.d. Amstel. 

His sister Mina married Leon Levi on 28 July 1937 in Am…

Het Nationaal Instituut voor Militaire Historie (NIMH) in Den Haag beheert een database met namen van de gesneuvelde militairen en de omstandigheden waaronder zij zijn gevallen.[2] In de database staat tevens de religieuze gezindte vermeld. Bij 35 personen kon worden vastgesteld dat zij Joods waren.[3] Aan de hand van de lotgevallen van deze Joodse militairen krijgen we een indringend beeld van he…

Abraham is een zoon van Emanuel Delmonte en Betje Mendels. Hij was niet getrouwd.

Bron SAA archiefkaart Abraham Delmonte 10-1-1908

In addition, a Jokos file (number 32324) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

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Remarkably little has been written on this subject and there seems to be no list of names or memorial books at all. The Digital Monument (www.joodsmonument.nl) offers a place where relatives, sometimes for …