Jacob Beetz

Jacob Beetz was the only son of Michel Beetz and Sara Witmond. He was born in 1913 in Amsterdam, but moved with his parents in 1916 to Rotterdam. Jacob Beetz was a dealer of flowers by trade. He married 19 October 1939 in Rotterdam Sophia van Creveld, a daughter of Philip Jacob van Creveld and Roosje David.

Since 1916 Jacob lived at Van Oldebarenveldstraat 119 in Rotterdam but moved with his paren…

In addition, Jokos files (numbers 32810, 9438, 18994) on this household or other family members are at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos files reveal that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 624/6042).

The round up of Jews in a large scale started in Rotterdam in June 1942. One was summoned to report for the provision of  additional work in Germany in Westerbork to be medical examined and one had to appear 30 July 1942 at 18.00 hours at the rallying point Rotterdam, at Entrepotstraat in Loods 24.  In the first instance it involved just people up to 40 years of age. For the first transport, aprox…