Jacob Augurk

Betje van Geldere was a daughter of Saul van Geldere and Sientje Fransman. She was born on 3 October 1898 in Doesburg and she married Jacob Augurk on 3 June 1931 in Amsterdam. He was a son of Leendert Augurk and his 2nd spouse Katharina van Thijn. Leendert's 1st wife Rosa Bernhard died in childbirth on 7 January 1889 after the birth of her 3rd child. Betje van Geldere and Jacob Augurk had two chil…

In July 1940, an obituary was placed in the Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad for Jacob Augurk.
Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad, 19 juli 1940

After the passing of Jacob, Betje remarried on 6 Aug 1941 his brother David.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 50745) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Uit gegevens van de Amsterdamse politie blijkt dat de heer Jacob Augurk zich van het leven heeft beroofd. 'Volgens zijn broer,´ aldus het rapport van de politie van bureau Mosplein, ´liep Jacob Augurk de laatste dagen met zelfmoordplannen rond, daar hij in verband met de politieke toestand voor de joden erge dingen vreesde.´

It is still an extremely sensitive topic: suicide during the Second World War. Historians have not known what to do with it for a long time. What is the place of suicide in war history?

Remarkably little has been written on this subject and there seems to be no list of names or memorial books at all. The Digital Monument (www.joodsmonument.nl) offers a place where relatives, sometimes for the firs…