Estera Brana Ickowicz-Kon

Estera Brana Kon was a daughter of Mosiek Markus Kon, born in Plock in Poland in 1878 and Chana Dydakov, born at Polish Biezun in 1882. Estera Brana was born on December 25, 1917 in Biezun (Poland), lived with her parents and brothers Hersz, Icek, Cyon and Szymon in Plock. She arrived with her parents and brothers in Amsterdam on 25 July 1931 and lived at first at various addresses in the city but…

We have been unable to determine whether one or more members of this family survived the war. While their names do not appear on the lists of survivors, we have not been able to trace them in In Memoriam either. They are therefore labeled as 'surviving' and their names are not listed.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 35969) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject…

The first transport from the Netherlands left 15 July 1942: 1137 people, six of whom have returned. The Jewish labor camps were emptied in September-October. The pace was accelerated. 43 transports in five months, from 15 July till 12 December 1942, 38.327 Jews were deported. All these transports went to Auschwitz. Millions of defenseless people were gassed here, their teeth knocked out to be proc…