Isaac Schenkkan, commercial traveller with softgoods, was a son of Levie Schenkkan and Marianne Peper. He married 30 November 1911 in Amsterdam Johanna Groen, a daughter of Hijman Groen and Elizabeth Schellevis. The couple had two children, namely Levie in 1918 and Elisabeth in 1920. All family members were killed in the Shoah.
After their wedding, Isaac and Johanna lived at Vrolikstraat 80 2nd floor in Amsterdam, but they still moved five times before they arrived at their last known address: Pretoriusstraat 87 2nd floor in the Transvaal district in Amsterdam-East.
Isaac Schenkkan was carried off to Westerbork on 7 November 1942 and already deported to Auschwitz on 10 November. On arrival there on 13 November 1942, he has been immediately killed.
Their unmarried son Levie, (usually named Loe), was brought into Westerbok on 7 September 1943 but even that same day put on transport to Auschwitz. On arrival there on 10 September, the 25-year old Levie was selected to perform hard labor, in or outside the camp. In the end, Levie Schenkkan has lost his life in Auschwitz on 31 March 1944.
Elisabeth, (usually named Liesje), was also unmarried, when she has been put on transport on 30 October 1942 from Westerbork to Auschwitz, together with her mother Johanna Groen. On arrival in Auschwitz on 2 November 1942 they were immediately killed.
Sources among others: City Archive of Amsterdam, family registration card of Isaac Schenkkan, archive cards of Isaac Schenkkan and Johanna Groen and the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of Isaac Schenkkan, Johanna Schenkkan-Groen, Levie Schenkkan and Elisabeth Schenkkan