Catharine Roos

Salomon Roos was a son of Levie Roos and Sara Binger. He was born on 24 December 1893 in Rotterdam as the youngest into a family of seven children in total. His siblings were Roosje, Heiman, Maria, Jacob, Heijman and Alida.

Levie Roos, father of the family, was a retailer in ready-to-wear. Already in March 1919 he left Rotterdam for Antwerp and lived there many years with his family. Sara Binger, …

After the departure from Mechelen, both the convoys of 15 January 1943 formed a single transport of 1555 deportees, including 287 children. The 77 deportees who jumped out of the train were not included in this statistic, but they nevertheless bear witness to the rebellious spirit of the Jewish population.

It took 2 ½ months to collect this number for the convoys of 15 January 1943. Since 1 Novemb…