Biography

About Wolf van Kreeveld

Wolf van Kreeveld was a son of Benjamin van Kreeveld en Aaltje Cohen. He married 16 June 1909 in Amsterdam to Esther Slomper, a daughter of Jacob Slomper and Mietje Cohen.
Wolf had three other brothers and a sister: Isaac, Levie, Joseph and Esther. They have been killed all during the Holocaust.
After Wolf's mother died in 1939, his father Benjamin came living in in the family of Wolf van Kreeveld.
City Archive of Amsterdam, family registration card of Benjamin van Kreeveld, archive card of Wolf van Kreeveld and website www.wiewaswie.nl.

Wolf van Kreeveld performed under the stage name Willy van Kreeveld as a comic for over 35 years. He became especially well know for his impersonation of Harold Lloyd.
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