Juliette Barmes

Juliette Barmes was born on 11 January 1913 as a daughter of Joseph Barmes and Lucie Rueff. Before the war, she lived with her 6-year elder sister Jeanne in the Blasiusstraat 66 1^st floor in Amsterdam-East. Juliette worked as a sales lady in the fashion shop of Maison de Vries in the Kalverstraat in Amsterdam. There also worked the window dresser Emanuel van West, who was usually called Willem. He…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 9532) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

According to a "call 1247/2 and 1247/3", Juliette and her daughter Grace had to report at the Polderweg on 23 May 1943, and also Esther (Elly) Blitz, who was married to Willem van West, as well Elly’s parents. They were “called” for “employment” in the East. (Arbeitseinsatz).

A few days earlier, the call had arrived at the Curacaostraat. The backpacks were already ready. Attempts were still made t…

Uit een Notarieel certificaat van 13 Maart 1947:

De ondergetekende, JAN WILLEM DIRK SCHAFTENAAR, candidaat-notaris, wonende te Amsterdam, als plaatsvervanger voor den Notaris Mr. Alphonse Marie Blasisse te Amsterdam, verklaart zich zooveel mogelijk te hebben overtuigd:

dat de echtelieden JOSEPH VAN WEST, kleedermaker, en GRACIA REODRIGUES DE PAREIRA, beiden gewoond hebbende te Amsterdam, Holendrec…