Lion van Stratum

Lion van Stratum, the son of Adries van Stratum and Marianne Vos, who was born in Amsterdam on 23 September 1912, was a sales represtative and also a diamond worker. He lived with his parents in Antwerp and Amsterdam, but up from 1930 on his own at Pieter Pauwstraat 10 in Amsterdam. In 1936 he stayed shortly in Antwerp but from 26 January 1937 his domicile was Amsterdam again.

Lion lived at variou…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 55431) on this person is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.


This person is commemorated on a memorial in Markelo. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.

Twee bladzijden van een lijst van joodse goudhandelaren d.d. 15 januari 1942, illegaal uit het Hoofdbureau van Politie meegenomen door rechercheur Willem Klarenbeek en op diens verzoek gefotografeerd door Bart de Kok.

Hieruit blijkt dat NSB-fotograaf Bart de Kok foto's heeft gemaakt van illegaal meegenomen stukken uit het hoofdbureau van politie in Amsterdam.
Ik heb deze foto's gevonden via een ar…

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…