Aron Delden

Aron Delden was the eldest son of Jacob Delden and Leentje Ossedrijver. He was born in Amsterdam on 31 August 1899 and earned his living as pedler. On 21 April 1919 he married Marianne Waas in Amsterdam, who was born there on 3 January 1891 as a daughter of Lion Mozes Waas and Sara Hekster. Aron and Marianne had two daughters together: Lena on 27 April 1919 and Celina was born on 24 August 1921.

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In addition, a Jokos file (number 55273) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

The period from 28 August to 12 December 1942 was known as the so-called Cosel period. Deportation trains  made a stopover at the freight station of Cosel, located 80 km west of Auschwitz. During that stop, boys and men who were considered fit for work by the Germans, were usually forcibly separated from their families and taken off the train and put to work in the surrounding labor camps of Upper…