Rebecca Gokkes-Winnik

Simon Gokkes married Rebecca Winnik, the daughter of Rachel Winnik-Koopman and Jacob Winnik, on 22 November 1922. Simon was born on 21 March 1897 in Amsterdam as the son of David Gokkes and Rachel Rimini. Rebecca Winnik was born on 5 September 1895. Simon Gokkes was a merchant in paper as was stated on his personal card of the Amsterdam archives, but he was also a music teacher and since 1935 he w…

Before the war Simon Gokkes’s family lived at Bronkhorststraat 48 in the south district of Amsterdam. His father Simon worked nearby, at the conservatory. In the war, the family was forced to move to the ‘Jewish neighbourhood’ near the Nieuwmarkt. They were deported from the address in Tilanusstraat, in the east district of Amsterdam.
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