Hartog Roodveldt

Hartog Roodveldt joined the Hollandia-Kattenburg textile factory in Amsterdam on 27 January 1939. On Wednesday, 11 November 1942, around 4:30 PM, Willy Lages conducted the Sicherheitspolizei raid on the Hollandia factories. All exits were blocked, and the Jewish staff members were taken away that evening. Photographs of all workers taken away that evening, as well as those deported previously, app…

Het verhaal over de acties bij Hollandia Kattenburg klopt uiteraard, maar deze Hartog Roodveldt werkte daar toen al niet meer. Hij is bij de razzia in februari 1941 opgepakt en naar Mauthausen gestuurd.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 9299) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

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…