Joel Pimontel

Uit het belgisch Staatsblad:

Joel Pimontel geboren te Amsterdam op 9 september 1924, zoon van Emanuel en Esther Dreesde, zonder beroep, wonend in Berchem, Diksmuidelaan 132, alleenstaand tussen 29 augustus 1942 en 1 juni 1945 in een onbekende plaats omgekomen.

Pimentel Abraham geboren in Amsterdam op 21 oktober 1921 zoon Pimontel Emanuel en uit Dreesde Esther reiziger in dag- of zaalafval woonacht…

While the Belgian government and post-war tracing services opted not to conclude on Emanuel's fate, it is possible to conclude in favor of one possibility over the others in Emanuel's situation.

The confusion regarding Emanuel (and his son, Joël)'s fate is due to the nature of their deportation. Mechelen Convoy VI departed on 29 August 1942 with both men onboard, as well as their wife and mother, …

The Pimontel family was featured in a write-up done by The van Os Project.

You can read about the family on the project's Medium page here.