In 1925 the NV Nederlandsche Thermochemische Fabrieken (NTF) was founded by José Vigeveno, M. Kan and Karel Mozes Nijveen (he also used the name Charles M. Nijveen). One year later the first factory started in the village Sumar in Friesland. It was the first factory in the Netherlands that could destroy dead bodies. Nowadays the name of the business is Rendac. In the village Sumar a street is named after the founder of the factory: José Vigevenoweg.
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About José Vigeveno, Philip Mechanicus wrote in his diary on 12 November 1943:
'The best-looking Jew in Barrack 71 died of a heart-attack today: the vice-consul of Nicaragua, mr Vigeveno. A tall man with a well-groomed grey beard and a Velasquez-like head. He used to stride through the camp in his loden windjacket and heavy mountain boots. Just before his death, he had a meeting with the commander Gemmeker, probably to discuss the injustice of his deportation to Westerbork: he was entitled to diplomatic immunity'.
Ph. Mechanicus, In dépôt. Dagboek uit Westerbork (Amsterdam 1964) 198-199
Jose Vigeveno had two children, who both survived the war.
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Westerbork records reveal that Jose Vigeveno died there.