Salomon Winnik

Salomon Winnik, the son of Jacob Winnik and Rachel Koopman, was born in Amsterdam on 25 August 1892 at Nieuwe Prinsengracht 62. He lived at home and moved to the family's new address after the turn of the century: Nieuwe Prinsengracht 90, 1st floor.

Salomon Winnik remained unmarried. He followed his father's footsteps and also became a diamond worker. From 1906 he was admitted as an apprentice dia…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 15640) on this household is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

GENERAL

The "men fit for work”  who were taken off the train in Cosel were generally in the age group of approximately 15 to 50 years, in some individual cases slightly older.  Those who remained on the train to be sent on to Auschwitz were therefore, broadly speaking, the older, weak or sickly men and the women and children. In general it can be stated that the latter groups were killed by gassin…