Levie Hirschel

Amsterdam, – Polen,

Reached the age of 48 years

Occupation: Curator of the Rosenthaliana library

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The fate of Levie Hirschel, his wife Louise Duitz and their four children.

Levie Hirschel was a son of Saul Hirschel and Schoontje Mesrits. He was born in Amsterdam on 24 August 1895. Levie was a religious teacher, curator of the Rosenthaliana library and assistent rabbi with the Dutch Israëlitic Main Synagogue (N.I.H.S.). On 15 April 1931, 35-year old Levie Hirschel marri…

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More about the transport of 16 November 1943 Westerbork -> Auschwitz.

Deportation periods in 1943 Apart from the "Sobibor period" (2 March to 20 July 1943), two deportation periods can be distinguished in 1943, namely: the period from 11 January to 2 February 1943, during which 9 transports left directly for Auschwitz, namely 8 from Westerbork and 1 from Apeldoorn (fo…

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Joodse Raad en MJK

Als lid van de Joodse Raad was Levi 'Louis' Hirschel bestuurslid van de Middelbare Joodse Kunstnijverheidsschool 'W.A. van Leer'.   Bron: Herman Minkenhof, 'De Joodsche Kunstnijverheidsschool', Het Joodsche Weekblad 26 december 1941, p. 3.

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The "Ausnahme-Bescheinigung".

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 th…

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About Levie Hirschel

Levie Hirschel was a curator at the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana (Amsterdam). M.H. Gans, Memorboek. Platenatlas van het leven der joden in Nederland van de middeleeuwen tot 1940 (6e bijgewerkte druk; Baarn 1988) 357 See also in Studia Rosenthaliana , 38/39 (2005/6): H. de la Fontaine Verwey, 'The Bibl…

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Levie Hirschel and his family

A former inhabitant of the Johann Keplerstraat 3 II remembers that when his family moved in there in 1944 it was apparent that the previous inhabitants had left in great haste. They found a tabernacle in the attic. Addition of a visitor of the website

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The address of Levie Hirschel

Johann Keplerstraat 3 II, Amsterdam Visit location page

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