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Herdenk Philip Ritmeester

Philip Ritmeester

Amsterdam, – Auschwitz,

Reached the age of 18 years

Occupation: Laboratory assistant

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The fate of the brothers David and Philip Ritmeester

David and Philip Ritmeester were the two youngest children of Jechiël Ritmeester and Elisabeth Brandon. After the death of father Jechiël on 16 March 1933, the Ritmeester family moved from Zandstraat to Lepelstraat 2 II in the old center of Amsterdam, from where David and Philip were placed in the Dutch Israelitic Boys' Orphanage Megadle Jethomiem on Amstel 21 in Amsterdam, a year after their fath…

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The deviating date of death of Philip Ritmeester.

According to the "Sterbebücher" (death records) of Auschwitz, Philip Ritmeester was murdered there on 22 August 1942. This date is different from the official date of death as determined by the Dutch Ministry of Justice after the war. For the time being, the website joodsmonument.nl, list only the dates of death, as published at the time in the "Nederlandse Staatscourant" (Dutch Government Gazette…

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