Isaac Beek was the youngest of the six children of Simon Beek and Chrisje Koren. He had four unmarries sisters: Eva, Elisabeth, Rebecca and Grietje, who were all murdered during the Shoah and also a brother Leon, who however passed away in Amsterdam at the age of 24 in 1914. Isaac was born on 15 March 1893 in Amsterdam and he was employed as a warehouse clerk with the N.V.Ilva Textiel, probably located in Rotterdam.
Isaac married Aaltje Groen in Amsterdam on 25 June 1925, who was a daughter of Barend Groen and Roosje Wurms. The couple had one son, Leo Simon, who was born on 29 March 1926 in Amsterdam.
After the wedding celebration, the couple lived at the Thérèse Schwartzeplein 5 in Amsterdam, moved to the Henriëtte Ronnerplein in June 1930 and per 8 Octiber 1934 to the Bijlwerffstraat 33b in Rotterdam. On 15 November 1940 the family moved again to Amsterdam where the obtained a house at Amsteldijk 99 3rd floor.
As far as known, Aaltje Groen was the first of the family who was carried off to Westerbork. She has been registered there on 15 Otober 1942 and deported to Auschwitz on 19 October. Not known is were her husband Isaac Beek and her son Leo stayed then. The transport of 19 October, which included in total 1327 deportees, arrived in Auschwitz on 22 October 1942 and that same day, Aaltje Groen was murdered in the gas chambers.
The Jewish Council registration card of their 16-year-old son Leo Beek shows that he has been “exempted per 11 July 1942”, most likely exempted from deporation. It appeared that at an unkown time, he was carried off to concentration camp Vught, together with his father and both have arrived from there in Westerbork on 31 March 1943. Isaac had to stay in barrack 57 but for Leo it is unknown.
Isaac Beek was put on transport to Sobibor on 6 April 1943. On arrival there on 9 April he was immediately murdered. His son Leo then still stayed in Westerbork and was “only” deported to Sobibor on 11 May 1943. Upon arrival there he too has been murdered immediately on 14 May 1943.
Sources include the City Archive of Amsterdam, family registration card and archive card of Isaac Beek; City Archive of Rotterdam, family registration card of Isaac Beek; the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of Isaac Beek, Aaltje Beek-Groen and Leo Beek and the Wikipedia website jodentransporten vanuit nederland.nl