Salomon Witsenhuijsen

Salomon Witsenhuijsen was a son of Levie Witsenhuijsen and Susanna Lampie He married 10 July 1940 in Amsteram Duifje Platvoet, a daughter of Marcus Platvoet and Jetje Gans. The couple had two children, namely Levie in 1941 and Jetty in 1942. Both the children have survived the Shoah by going into hiding.

The Witsenhuijsen family decided to go into hiding and Salomon and Duifje ended up in Veenen…

Salomon Witsenhuijzen and his wife Duifje Platvoet lived at Christiaan de Wetstraat 8 2nd stock in Amsterdam. They went into hiding with the woolcomber Jacob Stomphorst at 74 Achterkerkstraat in Veenendaal. On 4 January 1944, the SD raided the place and all those hiding out were arrested together with the man offering shelter.
M. Brink and D. van Kreveld, Geschiedenis van de Joodse gemeenschap in …

De koffer van Salomon Witsenhuijsen bevindt zich in museum Auschwitz, inv.nr. PMO-II-1-507.

Bron: Yad Vashem,

List of Jews who arrived in Auschwitz, based on the names found on the suitcases they brought to the camp

Record Group: O.41 - Lists and Documentation of Perished and Persecuted Collection.

Ik ben Daphne Wolters-van Haren, geboren op 23 januari 1963 in Amsterdam, dochter van Martin van Haren (niet Joods) geboren op 24 juli 1937 in Amsterdam en Jetty Witsenhuijsen (later genoemd Meta Den Ouden, door haar adoptieouders) geboren in Amsterdam op 16 september 1942, dochter van Salomon Witsenhuijsen, geboren in Amsterdam op 3 december 1917 en Duifje Witsenhuijsen-Platvoet geboren in Amster…