Biography

About Salomon Abraham van Straten

Salomon Abraham van Straten was a son of Salomon van Straten and Annaatje van Gelder. He married in Amsterdam on 4 September 1924 to Anna Parijs.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive cards of Salomon van Straten and Salomon Abraham van Straten.

Salomon Abraham van Straten joined the Hollandia-Kattenburg textile factory in Amsterdam on 17 May 1915. 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]