David Gersons

David Gersons was the eldest son of Hartog Gersons and Catharina Jacoba Salomon. He was born in Tilburg on 27 August 1892. And just like his father, David too became a butcher; he ran a beef- calf- and lamb butchery. The David Gersons family lived at Bisschop Zwijsenstraat 47 in Tilburg.

David Gersons married in Tilburg on 14 Novembe 1921 Kaatje Hartog, a daugher of Salomon Hartog and Johanna de W…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 1450) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 3913/10171).

Regionaal Archief Tilburg, Toegangsnr. 29, inv.nr. 1140: Mutatieboek recherche 17-9-1940 – 23-3-1941

13 mei 1941
Vd. Hanenberg heeft voor de SD ‘den jood’ David Gersons aangehouden. Slager in de Zwijsenstraat. Moet ‘streng geïsoleerd’ worden gehouden.