Biography

About Benedictus van Ments

Benedictus van Ments can also be found in the records as Benedictus van Mentz. He was a son of Mordechai van Ments and Gulia Hamburger. He is buried on the Jewish cemetery in Wassenaar.
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Benedictus van Ments died on 27 June 1943 in Westerbork transit camp and he was cremated on 28 June 1943. The urn with his ashes was placed on the Jewish cemetry in Wassenaar on field H, row 14, grave nr. 10b.
Register van joden die in het kamp Westerbork zijn gecremeerd, 1943-1944; archief van de gemeente Westerbork, opgenomen in het archief van de gemeente Midden-Drenthe te Beilen, inv. n 3789

Benedictus van Ments was a treasurer at the Israëlitisch Oude mannen- en vrouwenhuis (Jewish home for the elderly) in The Hague.
Data on the residents of the Jewish home for elderly men and women in The Hague. The records of the Israëlitisch Oude mannen- en vrouwenhuis (Jewish home for the elderly) in The Hague are part of the records of the Nederlands Israëlitische Gemeente (Dutch-Jewish Congregation) (NIG) in The Hague. These records are kept at the municipal archive in The Hague. Access is subject to authorization from the NIG.