Abraham Hamburger was a son of David Hamburger and Mietje Oppenheim. He was born in Amsterdam on 7 July 1877 but arrived in Rotterdam in March 1903, where he was registered at the address Diergaardelaan 60. On 9 June 1903 he got married there to Celina Tabak, a daughter of Salomon Tabak and Sara Cohen. She was born on 5 August 1874 in Amsterdam and after being wed to Abraham Hamburger, she joined him at Diergaardelaan in Rotterdam.
Abraham Hamburger worked in various professions. He was i.e. a manufacturer, a dealer in metals and a commercial traveller. He moved with his wife and two children, David Abraham and Salomon several times: from Diergaardelaan to Spoorsingel and back; in 1921 to Henegouwerplein and their last known address in Rotterdam was Nieuwe Binnenweg 194.
Abraham and Celina had two children: on 13 June 1904 David Abraham was born, who married on 26 June 1930 to Jetje van Os. He had four children with her, lived in Haarlem/Heemstede and all members of the David Abraham Hamburger family have survived the Holocaust.
The second son of Abraham and Celina was Salomon, who was born on 20 February 1907 in Rotterdam and who – presumably 1940/1941- married Hendrika Cohen. They lived at Stadhoudersweg 147b where in February 1942 their son Charles was born and who survived the Holocaust. Abraham and Hendrika however were murdered during the Shoah.
Abraham and Celina were carried off from their home address Nieuwe Binnenweg in Rotterdam to Westerbork on 10 October 1942 and from there on 12 October put on transport to Auschwitz. On arrival there a few days later, both were immediately killed.
After the war, on 12 September 1949 the Court of Den Haag has ruled that in respect to place and date of death, Abraham Hamburger died “14 or 15 October 1942 in Auschwitz or in the surroundings of Auschwitz in Poland” and Celina Hamburger Tabak died “13 or 14 October 1942 in Auschwitz or in the surroundings of Auschwitz in Poland”. On the website Joods Monument the latter date has been held.
Sources include the City Archive of Rotterdam, family registration card of Abraham Hamburger; wedding certificates Rotterdam for Abraham Hamburger/Celina Tabak and David Abraham Hamburger/Jetje van Os; the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards for Abraham Hamburger and Celina Hamburger-Tabak and certificates of death made out in Rotterdam, for Abraham Hamburger, inventory 1949S/Folio 153/deed number 1949-607 and for Celina Hamburger-Tabak, inventory 1949S/Folio 153verso/deed number 1949-608.