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David Ritmeester

Amsterdam, – Auschwitz,

Reached the age of 19 years

Occupation: Warehouse clerk

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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 David Ritmeester

According to the "Sterbebücher" (death records) of Auschwitz, David Ritmeester was murdered there on 20 August 1942. This date is different from the official date of death of 30 September 1942, 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" (Dut…

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