Biography

About Jacob Vecht

Jacob Vecht was a son of Mozes Vecht and Dina van Hamberg. On 9 February 1910 in Zuidland, he married Sophia Levie, daughter of Nathan Pinas Levie and Sophia Hartogs. The couple had a son, Mozes. The family lived in the Beekstraat in Elburg.
Jacob Vecht was a cattle merchant. His wife Sophia (nickname Fien) rented a villa in Nunspeet in the summer where she received Jewish boarding house guests from the big cities who were looking for kosher holiday accommodation. Their son Mozes (nickname Moos) was a member of the pigeon club.
R. de Leeuw van Weenen-van der Hoek, Een kille in de mediene. Joods leven in Zuidland (Zuidland, 1994) 149, 151


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