Hijman Slap

Hijman Slap was counted among the so-called ‘diamond men’. These men, to which also his son Gerrit Slap and relatives Elias and Hijman Slap belonged, had turned in a lot of diamonds to get a sperre. Because the diamond industry had to go on, first only the women and children were sent to Westerbork as ‘hostages’. Later in 1943 the men followed. In 1944 all of them were deported to Bergen-Belsen. T…

'Eind jaren 70 zochten we met een groep een groot pand om te gaan samenwonen. Eén ding wisten we zeker, we zouden niet van een huisjesmelker kopen.' Aan het gezicht van Suzanne Rodrigues Pereira valt af te lezen dat dit juist wel is gebeurd. Nieuwe Keizersgracht 20, door kamerverhuur uitgewoond, was groot, verwaarloosd en betaalbaar, precies wat ze zochten. Nu herinnert niets meer aan dat tamelijk…

We have been unable to determine whether one or more members of this family survived the war. While their names do not appear on the lists of survivors, we have not been able to trace them in In Memoriam either. They are therefore labeled as 'surviving' and their names are not listed.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 3806) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject …