Abraham Wagenaar

Abraham Wagenaar was the youngest son of Alexander Wagenaar and Ella Helena Dzialoszynski. He was born in Frankfurt am Main on 3 November 1924, just like his brother Lion Mordechai and sister Berta Helena. Two years later, in August 1926, the Alexander Wagenaar family returned to Amsterdam, where in the first years they found living space at Blasiusstraat 32 1^st floor in the East of Amsterdam.

His…

Abraham Wagenaar was the son of Alexander Wagenaar and Ella Helena Dzialoszynski.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, archiefkaart Ella Helena Dzialoszynski

Deportation periods in 1943

Apart from the "Sobibor period" (2 March to 20 July 1943), two deportation periods can be distinguished in 1943, viz. the period from 11 January to 2 February 1943, in which 9 transports left directly for Auschwitz, viz. 8 from Westerbork and 1 from Apeldoorn (for the sake of brevity to be called "Spring transports 1943"), and the period from 24 August to 16 November 1…