Biography

About Rebecca Schaap-Vieijra

Rebecca Vieijra was a daughter of Haim Joseph Vieijra and Eva Abraham. She married 26 January 1938 in Amsterdam to Philip Schaap, son of Willem Schaap and Elisabeth Groen.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Haim Joseph Vieijra and Philip Schaap.

Rebecca Schaap-Vieijra joined the Hollandia-Kattenburg textile factory in Amsterdam on 1 February 1932. On Wednesday, 11 November 1942, around 4:30 PM, Willy Lages conducted the Sicherheitspolizei raid on the Hollandia factories. All exits were blocked and the Jewish staff members were taken away that evening. Photographs of all workers taken away that evening, as well as those deported previously, appear in the 'Boek der tranen' [Book of tears].
Jewish Historical Museum, Documents collection, inv.nr B1376, 'Boek der tranen' [Book of tears]