Biography

About Abraham Wilkens

Abraham Wilkens was a son of Isaac Wilkens and Lena Frenk. He married 24 August 1903 in Gulpen to Regina Gras, a daughter of Joel Gras and Sara Wollman. The couple had five children: two children were married to non-Jewish partners and have survived the war. The other children, who have been killed during the Holocaust were Selma, Izaak Abraham and Adolph Abraham.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Abraham Wilkens and website www.wiewaswie.nl.

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