Abraham Konstenaar

Elisabeth Reiss was the 6th child of Barend Reiss and Hanna Marie Root and was born in Amsterdam  on 2 January 1920. On 16 August 1939 she married there Abraham Konstenaar, who was born 2 May 1917 as son of Isaac Konstenaar and Esther Engelschman. The couple had no children.

Before Abraham was wed, he worked as hairdresser and butcher; afterwards he worked as food inspector but later he became a t…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 51911) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

The only German-style concentration camp that was set up in our country was concentration camp Vught, which was opened in January 1943. The camp had a number of “Aussenkommando’s“ (satellite camps) including Moerdijk. This command was located in the old barracks of the anti-aircraft artillery near the harbour. Fifty S.S. men were appointed as guards and the first prisoners arrived on 26 March 1943…