Gitla Salomons-Grier

Alex Salomons was born on 22 August 1901 in Hilversum as a son of Meijer Salomons and Bloeme de Paauw. After first working as a sculptor, he became a bookkeeper, with which he managed to support himself and his family, but during the mandatory registration with the Jewish Council in 1941, Alex Salomons turned out to be registered as a furrier.

The then Amsterdam family of Meijer Salomons and Bloem…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 3223) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

At the beginning of the 'twisted road to Auschwitz', the plan arose to have Jews emigrate to Palestine. This possibility was put into practice on a small scale for a limited group of chosen ones. On 1 November 1942, the Jewish Council announced that those who met the following requirements could report in writing:

1. persons who were in possession of a certificate for emigration to Palestine before …

Deportation periods in 1943

Apart from the "Sobibor period" (2 March to 20 July 1943), two deportation periods can be distinguished in 1943, namely: the period from 11 January to 2 February 1943, during which 9 transports left directly for Auschwitz, namely 8 from Westerbork and 1 from Apeldoorn (for brevity to be called "Spring Transports 1943"), and the period from 24 August to 16 November 1943,…