Keetje Schouten-van West

Jacob Schouten, cigar maker and son of Barend Schouten and Saartje Halberstad, was born in Amsterdam on 4 February 1889. He married Keetje van West in Amsterdam on 19 November 1913, a daughter of Benjamin van West and Rachel Vrachtdoender. The Schouten-van West couple had no children.

After the wedding was concluded, Jacob and Keetje moved into living space at Valkenburgerstraat 91 in Amsterdam, m…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 51265) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

The Rietlanden was the shunting yard of the Dutch Railways. In the first months of 1943, many transports left for Westerbork, especially with sick and elderly people, from this shunting yard.

As a prohibited area, "Sperrgebiet", this was the ideal place to deport Jews. No one was allowed to enter without permission and the activities of the Nazis were therefore not noticed. Therefore, the exact nu…