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Herdenk Herman Leo Cats

Herman Leo Cats

Amsterdam, – Mauthausen,

Reached the age of 26 years

Occupation: Dance teacher

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Herman Leo Cats and his family

In addition, a Jokos file (number 55711) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

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Dansinstituteur Herman Leo Cats

Herman Leo Cats was een succesvol dansleraar. Vanaf 1935 gaf hij les in stijldansen. Al snel richtte hij zijn eigen Dansinstituut op aan de Herengracht 31, in het huis waar de familie Cats woonde en vader Henri en moeder Anna een pension annex rusthuis runden en vanwaaruit ze ook diners aan huis bezorgden.
Herman Leo zette van 1935 tot het winterseizoen van 1940/1941 meer dan 150 advertenties in j…

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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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