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Herdenk Gerrit van der Bijl

Gerrit van der Bijl

Amsterdam, – Mauthausen,

Reached the age of 21 years

Occupation: Mechanic

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Simon van der Bijl and his family

In addition, a Jokos file (number 15637) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

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Razzia Amsterdam, Buchenwald, Mauthausen

Gerrit was een van de mannen die bij de razzia in Amsterdam op 22 februari 1941 werden opgepakt. Op 28 februari 1941 kwam hij aan in Buchenwald (gevangenenr 4230), vanwaar hij op 22 mei 1941 op transport werd gesteld naar Mauthausen.

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Victims of february-raids gassed in Hartheim Castle.

On 22 and 23 Febuary 1941, raids took place in Amsterdam,  in which 390 Jewish men were arrested and deported. Only two of them survived. A recent investigation has shown that more than 100 men were gassed in Hartheim Castle, while Mauthausen was established as the official place of death.

In February 2021, the City Archive of Amsterdam opened the exhibition “The raids of 22 and 23 February 1941 i…

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