Salamon Roos and his wife Anna van der Sluis had four children, three of whom were still living at home at the beginning of the war. The eldest son, Henri, born in 1920, lived and worked in Leiden. Salomon Roos ran a manufacturing business in Meppel in Woldstraat and also went on the road selling his merchandise. In July 1942 he was sent to work at Orvelte labour camp. In that same month, his textile business was liquidated. When he came home on leave on 2 October 1942 he was arrested that same night, together with his wife and two of their children. Neighbours had offered to hide them, but they had turned the offer down.
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 34813) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.