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Jacob van Bergen

Amsterdam, – Mauthausen,

Reached the age of 23 years

Occupation: Warehouse clerk

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Victims of february-raids gassed in Hartheim Castle.

On 22 and 23 Febuary 1941, raids took place in Amsterdam,  in which 390 Jewish men were arrested and deported. Only two of them survived. A recent investigation has shown that more than 100 men were gassed in Hartheim Castle, while Mauthausen was established as the official place of death.

In February 2021, the City Archive of Amsterdam opened the exhibition “The raids of 22 and 23 February 1941 i…

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Biografie Jacob van Bergen

Jacob was de zoon van Louis van Bergen en Flora Waas. Hij had drie boers, Samson, Barend en Isaac, en een ouder zusje- Jeannette. Jacob bleef zeven jaar op de lagere school en werd daarna banketbakker, net als zijn broer Samson, maar zonder opleiding in dat vak. Bij de keuring voor militaire dienst werd aangetekend dat hij stotterde, wat hem overigens niet belemmerde om de dienstplicht te vervulle…

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