Herman Zilversmit

A memorial in Losser commemorates the Jewish victims of this town. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.

Herman Zilversmit is op 8 april 1943 vanuit de gemeente Losser naar het kamp Vught gedeporteerd.
Bron: Historisch Centrum Overijssel, Archief Provinciaal Bestuur, inv.nr. 8933.

Herman Zilversmit was married to Grete Hirsch. The couple had a daughter, Elsbeth. The family lived on the corner of the Schuurkerkstraat and the Brinkstraat, where Herman Zilversmit had a butcher shop which he had taken over from his late father in 1934. His mother, Hanchen Zilversmit-Katz lived with the family.

The family Zilversmit arrived in the Vught camp on 8 April 1943. Herman Zilversmit w…