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Abraham van West

Amsterdam, – Mauthausen,

Reached the age of 27 years

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Victims of february-raids gassed in Hartheim Castle.

On 22 and 23 Febuary 1941, raids took place in Amsterdam,  in which 390 Jewish men were arrested and deported. Only two of them survived. A recent investigation has shown that more than 100 men were gassed in Hartheim Castle, while Mauthausen was established as the official place of death.

In February 2021, the City Archive of Amsterdam opened the exhibition “The raids of 22 and 23 February 1941 i…

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