Lion Mordechai Wagenaar

Lion Mordechai Wagenaar was born in Frankfurt am Main in Germany on 3 March 1920 as the eldest of the three children of Alexander Wagenaar and Ella Helena Dzialoszynski, who were married in Frankfurt am Main on 6 December 1918. On 3 September 1921 was born there Berta Helena and on 3 November 1924 Abraham.

The family arrived in August 1926 from Frankfurt in Amsterdam and lived at various addresses…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 15569) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

The arrest of Lion Mordechai Wagenaar is described in the book by G. Meerhoek: Servants of the Authority. The Amsterdam police and the German occupation, Amsterdam 1999, (Dienaren van het gezag. De Amsterdamse politie en de Duitse bezetting) pages 302 and 303, partly taken from the pages mentioned:

In the spring of 1943, Kriminalkommisar W.J.Horak had to guard two Jewish families, who had been arr…