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Joseph Isaäc Mestriz

Amsterdam, – Mauthausen,

Reached the age of 46 years

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About Joseph Isaäc Mestriz

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

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overlevende

Amalia Wolf en Joseph Isaäc Mestriz hadden één zoon: Bernhard (Bennie) Mestriz. Deze heeft de oorlog overleefd omdat hij was ondergedoken in Silvolde op de boerderij van de familie te Lindert.
Bennie Mestriz is naar Israël geëmigreerd en is daar getrouwd met Rachel. Zij kregen samen negen(?) kinderen. Inmiddels is Bennie overleden. Het verhaal van dit gezin Wolf is door Aggie Daniëls beschreven i…

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Mestriz and his family

The author J. Breukelaar has written about the period that Amalia Mestriz-Wolf and her relatives spent in hiding, in the book <i>Halte Varsseveld</i> (n.p. 2005).
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 6678) on this household is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

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Amalie Wolf and Jo Mestriz

Amalie Wolf of Silvolde married Joseph Mestriz of Amsterdam. They ran a clothing shop in Terborg. Jo was taken to Mauthausen in October 1941 and killed soon after. Amalie and her son Bennie as well as her in-laws went into hiding then. Amalie and her sister-in-law were arrested after a raid in December 1943 and taken to Auschwitz in January 1944 where they were killed upon arrival. Bennie survived in hiding.

Bertha Tobias and Asser Wolf of Silvolde had four children. Their first daughter Amalie was born on July 17, 1887 in Silvolde. She married Joseph Isaac Mestriz. He was born in Amsterdam on May 25, 1895. They ran a clothing shop in Terborg, the neighboring village of Silvolde. Their son Bernard “Bennie” was born on August 8, 1925. Their daughter Bertha was born on July 1, 1927, but died at only thr…

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Buurvrouw Riek Wentink (100) over de familie Mestriz:

De ouders van Riek Wentink uit Terborg waren bevriend met de joodse Amalia en Joseph Mestriz. Al in 1938 had de vader van Riek zijn buurman Joseph gewaarschuwd: ‘Laat een tramwagon komen, laad je spullen erin, ga met je gezin naar Rotterdam en pak de boot naar Palestina.‘

Joseph dacht dat Nederland niet zou toelaten wat er in Duitsland met de …

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Address & residents

Address in March 1941

A 16, Terborg

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