Sara Busnach

Joseph Busnach, merchant by trade, was born in Amsterdam on 10 April 1889 as a son of Isaac Busnach and Sara Tertaas. He married Margaretha van West on 13 May 1908 in Amsterdam, a daughter of Isaac van West and Rebecca Doof. She was born on 9 February 1891, also in Amsterdam.

The Busnach-van West couple had five children, all born in Amsterdam, viz. Isaac on 16 October 1908, Rebecca on 18 August 1…

Foto uit: Bart de Cort, Solidariteit in anonimiteit. De geschiedenis van de leden van de Onafhankelijke Socialistische Partij (1932-1935). Een documentaire (Breda 2004)

Sytze van der Zee, Vogelvrij. De jacht op de Joodse onderduiker (Amsterdam 2010), p. 500

In addition, a Jokos file (number 34790) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk. The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 1605/13046).

A Liro card remains for this person or family. The cards are now …

Sara, who still lived at home with her parents at Ruyschstraat 78, was already arrested and taken from home on 11 September 1942, together with her parents and carried off to Westerbork. From there she was deported to Auschwitz on 14 September 1942. Upon arrival there on 17 September 1942, Sara and her mother Margaretha Busnach-van West, were immediately murdered in the gas chambers of Auschwitz-B…