Dina van West

The Jewish Monument does not mention a place of death and/or a date of death, if there are no legal documents, such as a death certificate or a mention of death in the Dutch Government Gazette, which in many cases is a legal date of death and not the actual date of death .

Nevertheless, it can happen that it is known with a high probability where and when someone actually died.

Vrouwtje van West a…

Vrouwtje van West was a daughter of Hartog van West and Bloeme van West-van West. She was born in Amsterdam on 1 May 1901. The family then lived at Valkenburgerstraat 184 from where she left for Antwerp on 13 August 1920. Vrouwtje was a seamstress by trade and was unmarried. Shortly afterwards her arrival in Antwerp, Vrouwtje left for Brussels, where her daughter Dina van West was born on 14 April…

The 6th convoy of 27 August 1942 consisted of 1000 persons, including 179 children. The convoy was assembled from 19 August, when the previous convoy (the 5th) was not yet completed. The 6th convoy, which was completed on 27 August 1942, was mainly formed with people called up, who were present in the collection camp of Kazerne Dossin. Only 195 registered persons to be deported of the list were fo…