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Barend Josua Katan

Rotterdam, – Auschwitz,

Reached the age of 38 years

Occupation: Religious instructor to the Jewish community

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About Barend Josua Katan

Barend Josua Katan was a son of Samuel Katan and Rijntje Polak.
Municipal Archive of Rotterdam.

On 1 May 1932 Barend Josua Katan succeeded Samuel Dasberg as rabbi to the Jewish community of Dordrecht. He came from Amsterdam and was assisted by Hartog van Beugen.
M. Jansen, ’Drie eeuwen joods leven in Dordrecht‘, in: Joods leven in Dordrecht (Gemeentelijke archiefdienst Dordrecht 1988) 29

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eerdere partner

Barend was eerder weduwnaar van
Cornelia van Vriesland (1906-1934), een dochter van Alexander Jacques van Vriesland (1873-1942) en Vogelina de Vries (1877-1942), waarmee hij in 1932 te Gorinchem was gehuwd
[bron: familieannonces & wiewaswie.nl]

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Studie

Barend Josua Katan studeerde van 1927 tot 1931 klassieke taal- en letterkunde aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam.

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