In addition, a Jokos file (number 35665) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
In Auschwitz, Victor befriended another Dutch Jew who was about the same age and had been deported from the Netherlands just a few weeks after Victor.
Victor's friend survived the war and reported to Dutch authorities in 1947 that he had witnessed Victor's death in October 1944: Victor had been shot while attempting to escape.
The friend did not report which camp the two men in were at the time, b…