Abraham Toncman was secretary of the Jewish community in Oude Pekela. He wrote in the minute book of the church council that Philip Jacob Polak had accepted his appointment to advisory member of the Poor Relief Board. Polak had informed him of his consent in writing from the Westerbork camp.
M.H. Gans, Memorboek. Platenatlas van het leven der joden in Nederland van de middeleeuwen tot 1940 (6e bijgewerkte druk; Baarn 1988) 819
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