Jacob van Rijn

Jacob van Rijn and Cato Caun were deported on 29 August 1942 from Mechelen to Auschwitz.
S. Klarsfeld and M. Steinberg, Memoriaal van de deportatie der Joden uit België (Brussel 1982)

 Archief Stad Antwerpen Vreemdelingendossiers nr. 176207

 Archief Stad Antwerpen Vreemdelingendossiers nr. 176207

Jacob van Rijn was on Mechelen Transport VI with his wife, Cato, that departed from Mechelen, Belgium, on 29 August 1942. 

On 31 August 1942, the train stoped in Cosel, Germany. All men between the ages of 15-50 were ordered off the train. 267 men on this transport fell into the 15-50 age range, and 248 departed the train at Cosel. It is likely that Jacob (and several other men aboard the transpor…