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Benedictus Wijnman

Amsterdam, – Auschwitz,

Reached the age of 28 years

Occupation: Fur worker

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Benedictus Wijnman and his family

Liesel, her father-in-law and Wolfgang fled to Belgium. There they were arrested and deported from Mechelen.
Probably in 1942 Benedictus left for Switzerland but he too was finally deported to Auschwitz.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 30384) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maa…

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An arbitrary and cruel expulsion from Switzerland

Benedictus Wijnman was born in Amsterdam to Wolf Wijnman and Berta Haagman. He had a sister, Esther Wijnman Batist (4.3.1911) and a brother, Willie Wijnman (28.4.1909). Married to Liesel Sondheimer and father of Wolfgang (15.3.1936), he ran with his wife a thriving fur business, occupying 17 workers, even working for the German army after Occupation in 1940.

He left Amsterdam on May 6, 1942, toget…

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Gezin Wijnman-Sondheimer

Het gezin Wijnman-Sondheimer, en in het bijzonder vader Benedictus, wordt genoemd in onderstaand boek.
Aline Pennewaard, Van kleermaker tot kapo: de oorlog van een Duits-Joodse vluchteling (Amsterdam 2018) 33, 34, 35, 38, 44, 253-254.

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