Henriette Cato Oudkerk-Oudkerk

Henriette Cato Oudkerk was the daughter of Heiman Oudkerk and Helena Sondervan, born on 28 September 1906 and lived at home with her parents at Roelof Hartstraat 26 III in Amsterdam-South. She worked as an office clerk and had her 5-year HBS-A diplomas, also known as the O.H.S. – the Public Trade School, as well as for shorthand typing and spoke very fluent English. 

In 1941, Henriette Cato was re…

The Ausnahme-Bescheinigung, the ultimate exemption from deportation.

In the summer of 1943, a very large proportion of Dutch Jews had already been deported. This meant that the right to exist of the Jewish Council had been affected in a proportionate way and that many Jewish Council functions and the associated “Sperres” - exemptions from deportation - were abolished. The last group of Jewish Coun…

The autumn transports of 1943 (24 August to 16 November 1943)

Of the 8 deportation transports that left the Netherlands during this period, some suffered a similar fate. In this context, the following classification can be made for the treatment:

I). The transports of 24 August, 14 and 21 September 1943 (Westerbork-Auschwitz), of which, after selection upon arrival, the vast majority of men deemed…

Concerns the reference to Chapter 1 – paragraph 2

The deportation period to be discussed also relates to the preserved part of the administration of the "Krankenbau Monowitz", containing the personal details of all men who were admitted to this institution from 7 July 1943 to 19 June 1944. (total more than 15000 names, some of which appear twice or more; below 2375 names of deportees from the Neth…