Willem Wessel

Willem Wessel was the son of Jacob Wessel and Grietje Trompetter. He studied the violin at the conservatory. Until 1933, however, he worked as a gym teacher. In 1935 he obtained permission to decorate wooden boxes with pyrographic reproductions of works by the artist Jan Toorop and then to sell them. Willem Wessel was married on 16 June 1937.
During the war, Willem Wessel and his wife went into hi…

We have been unable to determine whether one or more members of this family survived the war. While their names do not appear on the lists of survivors, we have not been able to trace them in In Memoriam either. They are therefore labeled as 'surviving' and their names are not listed.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 12087) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject…