Biography

About Levie Rabbie and his wife Leentje Rabbie-Rabbie.

Levie Rabbie, born 3 November 1875 in Amsterdam, was a son of Isaac Rabbie and Jetje Boas. He married 8 September 1898 in Weesp his cousin Leentje Rabbie, a daughter of his brother Salomon Rabbie and Anna Mathijsse. The Rabbie-Rabbie couple had three children, namely Salomon in 1899, Henriette in 1903 and Isaac in 1904. The children and their parents were killed in the Shoah.

Levie Rabbie was a diamond worker by trade. He and his wife Leentje lived after their wedding at Rechtboomsloot 45 3rd floor in Amsterdam, where in 1899 their son Salomon was born. On 3 June 1900 the Rabbie family left for London but returned after six months, on 1 December 1900 in Amsterdam; they then lived at Geldersekade 111 and moved in 1901 to Nieuwe Achtergracht 16. Afterwards other moves followed, to Rechtboomsloot 10 end nr. 75, to Lepelstraat 86 and eventually in April 1932 again to Nieuwe Achtergracht, now to nr. 87.

On 2 and 3 October 1942, large scale raids were organized in Amsterdam. The Germans deployed all possible troops plus the entire Amsterdam police force for the biggest raid until then. In a few days, between 13.000 and 15.000 Jews, among others in the labor camps, were arrested, they went almost immediately to Westerbork where the bustle in the barracks and the chaos immediately became indescribable. Also Levie Rabbie and his wife Leentje were arrested somewhere between 3 and 5 October in Amsterdam and taken to Westerbork but it is not known where they have stayed there.

On 9 October, Levie Rabbie and his wife Leentje Rabbie-Rabbie were deported to Auschwitz; this transport contained more than 1700 deportees and went directily to Auschwitz, where it arrived 12 October 1942. There, Levie Rabbie and his wife Leentje were immediately murdered.

Sources among others: City archive of Amsterdam, family registration card and archive card of  Levie Rabbie; the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of Levie Rabbie and Leentje Rabbie-Rabbie and the Wikipedia list Jodentransporten vanuit Nederland.

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