Isaäc Beesemer

Isaäc Beesemer, usually named Jacques or Sjaki, was the first born child of Levie Beesmer and Elisabeth Barend. He was born on 26 August 1925 in Amsterdam and lived with his parents in the President Brandstraat 56 2^nd floor in the Transvaal district of the Eastern part of the city. His father however was already hospitalized one year later in the Central Israëlity Psychiatric Hospital “Het Apeldoo…

Elisabeth Barend was the fourth of the twelve children of Gerrit Barend and Heintje Visser. She was born in Amsterdam on 11 August 1899 and before she got married, she worked as a packer of cigarettes. On 24 July 1924 she married in Amsterdam Levie Beesemer, who was born in Amsterdam on 21 November 1899 as son of Isaäc Beesemer and Anna Plas. The couple had two children, namely Isaäc in 1925, who …

According to the "Sterbebücher" (death records) of Auschwitz, Iaaäc Beesemer was murdered there on 31 August 1942. This date is different from the official date of death of 30 September 1942  as determined by the Dutch Ministry of Justice after the war. For the time being, the website joodsmonument.nl, only list the dates of death, as published at the time in the "Staatscourant" by the Ministry of…