Amsterdam, – Auschwitz,
Reached the age of 74 years
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Deportation from the Panamakade and Borneokade (De Rietlanden) in Amsterdam to Westerbork, Photo 1943. Jews are sent onto the waiting train, bound for Westerbork. German soldiers, Dutch police officers and employees of the Jewish Council (wearing armbands) arrange the transport. To the right of the middle are two German SS men, the one on the right an SS-Unterscharführer. In the background, two policemen from the Amsterdam Police Battalion (P.B.A.) are watching. On the far right is a man with a white band around his left arm with a number and the letters JR. He is from the Jewish Council of the Expositur department. See also the photo series at the website Oorlogsbronnen. Source: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Rietlanden_(rangeerterrein)#/media/Bestand:Deportatie_vanuit_Panamakade_in_Amsterdam,_zomer_1943_01.jpg
Deportation from the Panamakade at the Rietlanden in Amsterdam. Photo 1943. The train with 3rd class passenger carriages is ready to depart for Westerbork. German soldiers, Dutch police officers and employees of the Jewish Council (with armbands) arrange the transport. At the train is one of the two nurses who came along from the Hollandsche Schouwburg to help the sick. With her are others from the Jewish Council. Next to the train, which leaves at 20:05 hrs, are employees of the Dutch Railways. The journey takes ± 4 ½ hours. see also photoseries at https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/thema/Rangeerterrein%20Amsterdam%20Rietlanden
Fragment uit de film ‘Jewish refugees in Amsterdam’ [website van USHMM]
Advertenties uit het Joodsche Weekblad
Enkele advertenties uit het Joodsche Weekblad, ca 1942
Meijer Menist, the son of Leendert Menist and Betje de Leeuw, was born on 8 November 1868 in Batavierstraat 293 in Amsterdam. He worked in the diamond industry and became a member of the ANDB, the General Dutch Diamond Workers' Union. As a diamond cutter he was assigned to department 4. With a short…
The Spring transports of 1943 (from 11 January till 23 February 1943) General remarks To a greater extent than the Auschwitz transports of autumn 1942, the spring transports of 1943 had the character of extermination transports, accentuated above all by the fact that they were composed for the m…
The Rietlanden was the shunting yard of the Dutch Railways. In the first months of 1943, many transports left for Westerbork, especially with sick and elderly people, from this shunting yard. As a prohibited area, "Sperrgebiet", this was the ideal place to deport Jews. No one was allowed to enter wi…
Meijer and Clara had a married daughter, Elisabeth Sons-Menist. She died during the war. Addition of a visitor of the website. In addition, a Jokos file (number 9419) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk We…
Meijer is een zoon van Leendert Menist (Steenw wold, 30 november 1839) en Betje de Leeuw. Hij trouwde 22 november 1893 met Klara Cosman (A'dam, 20 juli 1874 - A'dam, 15 mei 1942), dochter van Manuel Hartog Cosman en Vrouwtje Polak. Kinderen Leendert, 30 april 1894 A'dam Samuel, 23 februari 1896 A'…
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