Herman Knoop

Jonas Knoop, born 31 May 1877 in Amsterdam, was a son of Hartog Barend Knoop and Benvenida Cohen de Solla. He married at the age of 31 on 4 February 1909 in Amsterdam his 27-year old niece Marie Knoop, who was born 10 August 1881 in Amsterdam as daughter of his father’s brother Salomon Knoop, who was married to Ribca Lopes Cardozo.

The Knoop-Knoop couple had eight children, namely Salomon in 1910,…

Herman Knoop, son of Jonas Knoop and Marie Knoop, draftsman by trade, had probably tried to escape deportation after the summer of 1942 by fleeing via Belgium to France but was apparently arrested at some point in Belgium and deported on 24 October 1942 with the 14th convoy from Mechelen to Auschwitz. This transport, combined with the 15^th convoy, did not made a stop at Kozel, where men between 15…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 805) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.