Jacob de Lange, born in Elburg in 1901, was one of the nine children of Joseph de Lange and Matje Hamberg. 9 February 1927 he married Anna Elizabeth Mello in Beverwijk, a daughter of David Mello and Roosje Cohen. In this marriage, their son Jozeph was born 6 March 1928. The marriage ended however by a divorce in Beverwijk of 4 November 1930. After the divorce, Jozeph stayed with his mother ans survived the war.
Jacob de Lange married again 26 April 1933 in Amsterdam to the French Marguerite Hoeschheimer from Colombes (F), a daughter of Jules Hoeschheimer and Lydia Adler. Jacob had two children with Marguerite, namely Henri Jules on 20 February 1934 and Francis Lydia on 26 August 1936.
Anna Elizabeth Mello left Amsterdam for Rome with her husband Felice Bolognese 10 July 1943, to whom she was remarried in Amsterdam, three years after her divorce from Jacob de Lange in 1936. They survived the war and returned to Holland in 1945 but the marriage ended in a divorce in Den Haag on 18 May 1946. Her son Jozeph survived the Shoah too.
Jacob de Lange lived at Sarphatistraat 82 down floor in Amsterdam since November 1935 but moved in May 1936 to nr. 84 and per 15 April 1940 to house nr. 100. There also Rest Home De Lange was established under the leadership of Jacob’s sister Betje de Lange. Later, she was assisted there by her brother Machiel Aäron de Lange. By German promulgation of January 1942, street names referring to Jews or to living members of the Royal House were prohibited, and had to be renamed. So Sarphatistraat was renamed to Muiderschans.
Marguerite de Lange-Hoeschheimer and her children Henri Jules and Francis Lydia have survived the Holocaust. According notes on their registration cards by the Jewish Council, they “surfaced” after the war at their old address Sarphatistraat 100 in Amsterdam. Marguerite remarried in June 1949 the only survivor of the Meijer Leidensdorff family, Hessel Leidensdorff; he was a brother of among others Abraham Leidensdorff who was married to Jacob’s sister Dina de Lange.
From notes on Jacob’s registration card of the Jewish Council, it appeared that Jacob de Lange was deported to Westerbork 29 September 1943 and has been locked in at barack 61. After having stayed there nearly one year, he was deported 13 September 1944 in the last transport from Westerbork to Bergen Belsen, which included “only” 279 deportees, among them a group of 54 young unknown Jewish children, who - except for one –have survived the concentration camps. Jacob de Lange lost his life however in Bergen Belsen 3 February 1945.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive cards of Jacob de Lange, Anna Elizabeth Mello and Marguerite Hoeschheimer; residence card of Sarphatistraat 100/Muiderschans; list of Jew Transports from the Netherlands; website sjoelelburg/joden-in-elburg/Jacob-de-lange and the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of Jacob de Lange, Anna Elizabeth Mello, Marguerite Hoeschheimer, Jozeph de Lange, Henri J. de Lange en Francis L. de Lange.