Levie Delden

Levie Delden was a son of Jacob Delden and Leentje Ossedrijver. He was the fifth of their ten children and was born on 13 November 1904 in Amsterdam, Except his father, who had died already in 1927, all his siblings and their families as well his mother were murdered during the Shoah. To earn a living, Levie Delden was a fruit seller from the cart: he was a peddler.

At the still young age of 19 ye…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 6128) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

According to the "Sterbebücher" (death records) of Auschwitz, Levie Delden was murdered there on 31 August 1942. This date is different from the official date of death as determined by the Dutch Ministry of Justice after the war. For the time being, the website joodsmonument.nl, list only the dates of death, as published at the time in the "Nederlandse Staatscourant" (Dutch Government Gazette) by …