Maurice de Jong

Abraham de Jong, born in Amsterdam on 9 October 1878, was a son of Philip Mozes de Jong and Klaartje Bartels. When Abraham was 20 years old, he became a member of the ANDB, the General Dutch Diamond Workers' Union, where he was trained in rose- and brilliant polishing. His first membership started on 1 January 1898 as a brilliant polisher’s assistant in section 2. 

On 18 August 1910, Abraham de Jo…

In addition, Jokos files (numbers 1761, 1763) on this family or other family members are at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Quite a lot is known about the fate of this very large transport (1711 people), partly because letters were received from a particularly large number of deportees, both men and women, from the men mainly from Jawischowitz, from the women from Birkenau. Some men have written 2 or 3 times.

A total of 68 letters were received, namely:

1st): Letters from Jawischowitz from 44 men, and (last): on 15 Ju…

Towards the end of September 1942, Dad felt ill and stayed in bed. He had severe stomach pains. According to the GP Dr. Sanders, there was nothing to indicate an illness. It was caused by nerves; the tension also became unbearable. That last week, Dad was forced to do groundwork in “Het Amsterdamsche Bosch”.(forrest). He was not allowed to use public transport! He would have turned 64 on 9 October…