Judith Polak-Coster

Sara Gompel, a daughter of Jacob Gompel and Judith Franco, was born in Rotterdam on 4 June 1857. She married there on 30 April 1879 the 28-year old Jacob Coster, a son of Emanuel Coster and Eva de Wijse, who was born on 6 March 1851 in Den Haag.

The Emanuel Coster family consisted of father, mother and seven children, of whom Jacob Coster was the first born. Jacob’s father Emanuel however passed a…

Judith Coster,volgens overlijdensakte zonder beroep,
overl. Rotterdam 17 aug. 1942, 19:00u. (..)
echtgenote van Abraham Polak
Echtgenoot heeft de oorlog dus ook niet overleefd ! helaas.
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The funeral records at the Jewish cemetery in Rotterdam reveal that Judith Coster was buried there.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 53226) on this family 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 9395/12881).