Alexander Appelboom

Alexander Appelboom died at age 42 in Camp Westerbork on 18 October 1942. He was buried at the Jewish cemetery in Assen on 21 October 1942.
Jewish Historical Museum, Documents collection, inv.nr 3397; Death register of the Jewish community Assen

The funeral records at the Jewish cemetery in Assen reveal that Alexander Appelboom was buried there.


This person is commemorated on a memorial in Asse…

Rachel sealtiel was the second child from the second marriage of her father Benjamin Sealtiel to Sophia Booleman. She was born 17 August 1897 in Amsterdam, married there on 4 August 1926 Alexander Appelboom, who was born there on 31 July 1900 as son of Jacob Appelboom and Theodora Poons. Alexander was a pastel-draftsman, frame maker and book binder and Rachel worked as shop lady.

Rachel’s father B…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 32883) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 255/15404).