Abraham 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.

From this large transport of more than 1700 people, 4 men have returned. The statements they made once again essentially confirm the correctness of what was stated in paragraph 2 of this chapter regarding the fate of the direct Auschwitz transports in general. 

However, the report by one of the repatriates, that a group of young women had been "selected", seems to contradict what was concluded the…

(This addition regards among others the transport Westerbork -> Auschwitz of 9 October 1942.

After the women and children were separated from the men upon the arrival of a transport at the Auschwitz station, the usual selections for employment took place.

It must be assumed that in general, i.e. except for a number of exceptional cases, during the Cosel period and also of the direct transports to …

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…