Willem Eduard Turfkruijer

Amsterdam, – Amstelveen,

Reached the age of 84 years

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About Rebecca Hillesum, her husband Willem Eduard Turfkruijer and their daughters Marianne & Jacqueline Clementina.

Rebecca Hillesum was a daughter of Hartog Hillesum and Marianne van Collem. She was born on 5 November 1908 in Amsterdam, worked as a diamond cutter and on 22February 1926 she became a member of section 4 (brilliant cutters) of the ANDB, the General Dutch Diamond Workers' Union. From mid-June 1915 the Hillesum family lived at Moddermolensteeg 12 in Amsterdam until they left for Antwerp in June 192…

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Turfkruijer and his family

In addition, a Jokos file (number 12203) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

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