Jacob Dingsdag

Jacob Dingsdag was one of the twelve children of Levie Dingsdag and Mietje Theeboom. He was born in Amsterdam on 27 June 1908 and started working as a butcher’s aid. Later he earned his living as a trader and a (clothing)-presser. On 16 November 1938 he married Henriette Suiskind in Amsterdam, who was born in Schüttorf Germany on 8 January 1912 as a daughter of Samson Suiskind and Rosa Helena Goed…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 32551) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

According to the "Sterbebücher" (death records) of Auschwitz, Jacob Dingsdag was murdered there on 7 September 1942. This date is different from the official date of death as determined by the Dutch Ministry of Justice after the war. For the time being, the website joodsmonument.nl, list only the dates of death, as published at the time in the "Nederlandse Staatscourant" (Dutch Government Gazette)…