Emanuel Vos

Emanuel Vos was born on 20 January 1898 as the 7th of the 13 children of Mozes Vos and Maria Polak. He was diamond worker by profession and later specialized as brilliant cutter. On 28 March 1923 he married Bregje Rachel Wagenhuijzen, who was born in Amsterdam on 16 December 1894 as a daughter of Salomon Wagenhuijzen and Mietje van Praag. The Vos-Wagenhuijzen couple had two daughters, namely Maria…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 15007) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

The Ausnahme-Bescheinigung, the ultimate exemption from deportation.

In the summer of 1943, a very large proportion of Dutch Jews had already been deported. This meant that the right to exist of the Jewish Council had been affected in a proportionate way and that many Jewish Council functions and the associated “Sperres” - exemptions from deportation - were abolished. The last group of Jewish Coun…

Het eerste kind van Hijman Manus Polak en Schoontje Barend Roe heette Maria Polak.

Op 22 februari 1888 trouwde Maria met diamantslijper (diamantversteller en diamantklover zijn eveneens als beroep genoemd) Mozes Vos, zoon van sjouwer, werkman, koopman en venter Levie Joseph Vos en Roosje Vreeland uit Amsterdam. Mozes was eerder getrouwd geweest (op 31 december 1884) met werkster Rebecca Vreeland u…