Max Karpe

Prior to his deportation Max Karpe lived at 33 Zoomstraat in Amsterdam. He was a professional musician. In late December 1942 he was deported to Vught concentration camp via the house of detention on the Amstelveenseweg. Several valuable items of jewelry and a silver-plated trumpet were stolen from Max Karpe at the various places where he was imprisoned.
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Jacob Rudolph Karpe was married and had seven children. In 1942 his wife managed to flee from Amsterdam to Leidsendam on board of a peat boat. She and a son could stay their till the end of the war.
Jacob Karpe was arrested in 1943 with a lot of violence. He was brought to the Vught concentration camp. Shortly after his arrival he died of physical injuries.
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In het dagrapport van bureau Joodsche zaken staat dat a.p. (agent) Oude-Wolbers Karpe op de Ceintuurbaan heeft aangehouden omdat hij zich daar op de openbare weg bevond zonder Jodenster. Hij wordt voorgeleid voor de SD.

Onderzoek in Politierapporten 40-45 - Stadsarchief Amsterdam  - door: Jos Wiersema