Jules van Hessen

Den Haag, 5 August 1923 – Auschwitz, 29 February 1944

Reached the age of 20 years

Photos

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Placed by
Aline Pennewaard
On 15 Aug 2011
With: Adelheid Hilda van Hessen-Weil, Jules van Hessen
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Placed by
Aline Pennewaard
On 15 Aug 2011
With: Jules van Hessen
Tombstone for David van Hessen at the Jewish Cemetery at Zandpad in Utrecht.
He passed away 21 June 1943 in Utrecht and was interred there two days later.
This tombstone is also a memorial for his wife Adelheid Hilde Weil, who was killed 23 May 1943 in Sobibor and for their son, who was killed in Auschwitz on 29 February 1944.

Placed by
Redactie Joods Monument
On 21 May 2016
With: David van Hessen, Adelheid Hilda van Hessen-Weil, Jules van Hessen

Stories

Redactie Joods Monument

Biography 7 Apr 2016

About Jules van Hessen

The police commissioner of the central investigation service in The Hague requested that Jules van Hessen, a Jew who had left the home of his parents at 11 De Mildestraat in The Hague on 26 July 1942, be located and returned. This description referred to Jews who had gone into hiding.
Algemeen Politieblad, nr 34, 27 August 1942, 974, notice 1680

Redactie Joods Monument

Addition 7 Apr 2016

David van Hessen and his family

The van Hessen family was a liberal and highly artistic Jewish family. They were very close, and took a keen interest in literature and music. David van Hessen was a sculptor, photographer and painter, but since he preferred life as a first-rate amateur to one as a second-rate professional artist, he worked for an American timber company. With this job he could be a good breadwinner, he said. Even…