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Herdenk Willem Roco

Willem Roco

Amsterdam, – Auschwitz,

Reached the age of 38 years

Occupation: Broker

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Roco Family

Source: Yad Vashem

Willem Roco had agreed with his good school-days friend, Wilhelm (Wim) Gieben, both living in Rotterdam, that the latter would try and take care of the Roco children, Annette, b.1938, and Emile, b.1933, in the event that the Roco family would be ordered for “work in the East” - an euphemism for the death camps. Indeed, in the fall of 1942, Willem and Elizabeth Roco (née Katan)…

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Willem Roco and his family

In addition, a Jokos file (number 3892) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

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