Aron van West

Aron van West, usually named Ab, was a son of Joseph van West and Gracia Rodrigues Pereira. He was born on 18 June 1908 in Amsterdam and at his birth was his parental home in the Nieuwe Kerkstraat 70 2^nd floor. Aron had an one-year elder brother Emanuel, who was called Willem and a younger sister Klara, about one year younger than Ab.

Aron van West was in books. He had a job at the book- and print…

Na zijn arrestatie schreef Aron van West enkele brieven aan zijn vrouw. Deze zijn bewaard gebleven en bevinden zich momenteel in het archief van Yad Vashem in Jeruzalem.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 9532) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

According to the "Sterbebücher" (death records) of Auschwitz, Aron van West was murdered there on 21 August 1942. This date is different from the official date of death as determined by the Dutch Ministry of Justice after the war. For the time being, the website joodsmonument.nl, list only the dates of death, as published at the time in the "Nederlandse Staatscourant" (Dutch Government Gazette) by…