Biography

About Barend Gompel

Barend Gompel was a son of Marcus Gompel and Dientje Hofstede.
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On the address Allard Piersonstraat 15 b there was a space for someone to hide during raids. After the war relatives of Barend Gompel lived again on this address.
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Barend Gompel died in Camp Westerbork at age 47 on 3 November 1942. He was buried at the Jewish cemetery in Assen on 5 November 1942.
Jewish Historical Museum, Documents collection, inv.nr 3397; Death register of the Jewish community Assen

The funeral records at the Jewish cemetery in Assen reveal that Barend Gompel was buried there.


This person is commemorated on a memorial in Assen. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.