Frederik Michel

Rebecca Michel was the third youngest of the children of Friedrich Michel and Lena Reiwit. She was born at Koestraat 13 in Amsterdam on 12 February 1898 and she worked later as a housekeeper. Until August 1936 she lived "at home" with her parents and sibs which also meant that she had moved several times since then, before the family ended up in Lange Houtstraat no. 26 in 1927.

When her father Fri…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 18691) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

The Ausnahme-Bescheinigung, the ultimate exemption from deportation.

In the summer of 1943, a very large proportion of Dutch Jews had already been deported. This meant that the right to exist of the Jewish Council had been affected in a proportionate way and that many Jewish Council functions and the associated “Sperres” - exemptions from deportation - were abolished. The last group of Jewish Coun…