Maria van Leeuwen-de Jong

Mozes van Leeuwen was a son of Alexander van Leeuwen and Veronica Pos. He was born on 12 June 1904 in Den Haag and he was known as a dealer in woolen goods. He married on 24 August 1927 in Den Haag Maria de Jong, born in Haarlem on 17 December 1902 as a daughter of David de Jong and Sara Cohen. The couple had one daughter on 18 July 1928 named Veronica.

After Mozes van Leeuwen has left his parenta…

Mozes van Leeuwen appears on a handwritten list of all persons who held offices in the Dutch-Jewish community of Haarlem during the early years of the war. Photographs remain of each official. Mozes van Leeuwen cleaned the community centre of the Dutch-Jewish Community in Haarlem and was a porter at the religious institution Gemieloeth Chassadiem.

Mozes van Leeuwen was married. He and his wife l…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 36716) 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 7198/9665).