Alfred Schwifcz was born in Vienna on 22 December 1909, to Jacob Schwifcz and Rachel Ekstein. On 24 December 1919, the 10-year-old Alfred arrived in the Netherlands with a group of Viennese children, where he was placed in Leeuwarden with the Jewish family of Andries Krammer at Speelmanstraat 34. He…
Esther Margaretha Vischschraper was the daughter of Samuel Vischschraper and his first wife, Carolina Presser. She was born on 15 April 1913, at 2e Jan Steenstraat 65 in Amsterdam. In later years, she worked as a milliner, a saleslady at Gerzon's Fashion Warehouse in Amsterdam, and as a nurse. Howev…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 5824) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
On 22 and 23 Febuary 1941, raids took place in Amsterdam, in which 390 Jewish men were arrested and deported. Only two of them survived. A recent investigation has shown that more than 100 men were gassed in Hartheim Castle, while Mauthausen was established as the official place of death.
In Februa…