Biography

About Levie Sajet

Levie Sajet was the only son of Salomon Sajet and Sara van de Kar. He was married in Amsterdam on 25 February 1942. The couple lived at 16 Volkerakstraat, first floor, in Amsterdam. They had no children. The couple were first taken to Westerbork and from there deported to Theresienstadt in September 1944. After a few weeks, they were deported to Auschwitz. They carried items of jewellery with them throughout the transport. Furthermore, they had hidden 5 carat diamonds in their rucksacks. In Auschwitz, they had to hand over their rucksacks and the jewellery was taken from them. Levie Sajet's wife survived the war.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Salomon Sajet, Levie Sajet and Sarah Wolff/.

The archive of the Stichting Sieraden-Comité contains a list of the stolen items of jewellery and a complete file of the Damage Enquiry Committee.
NIOD, Records Stichting Sieraden-Comité, box HF 12, file 171

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