Biography

About Jacob Jools

Jacob Jools died in Camp Westerbork at age 81 on 29 January 1943. He was buried at the Jewish cemetery in Assen on 1 February 1943.
Jewish Historical Museum, Documents collection, inv.nr 3397; Death register of the Jewish community Assen

The funeral records at the Jewish cemetery in Assen reveal that Jacob Jools was buried there.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 13019) on this person is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 5941 / 15884).


This person is commemorated on a memorial in Assen. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.