Eliazer Woudstra

Eliazer Woudstra, born 8 June 1900 in Rotterdam, was a son of Abraham Woudstra and Hester Olman. He was unmarried and was registered 27 April 1912 in the Peoples Registry of Rotterdam, when he arrived there from Zuidland. He then lived at Crooswijksesingel 25a, per 31 March 1938 living in at Spoorsingel 57 and since 29 July 1939 at Schieweg 44b. Eliazer’s parents were already deceased before the w…

Eliazer Woudstra died on 13 December 1942 in Reichsautobahnlager Annaberg, Upper Silesia, Germany (today Poland).

The official cause of death: general body weakness (allgemeine Körperschwäche).

Source: the official death certificate issued by German authorities (Standesamt).

In addition, Jokos files (numbers 14787, 35761) on this household or other family members are at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos files reveal that a claim was lodged for compensation for :

- securities or bonds. (W-claim, number Csp 7-8 / 2356)

- valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting ban…

Eliazer Woudstra was a witness at the wedding ceremony of his brother Manus Woudstra with Sophia Lagrand. He signed the marriage certificate. The marriage was performed on 12 September 1942 in Westerbork transit camp.
Record of marriage certificates of the Westerbork municipality, currently at the archives of Gemeente Midden-Drenthe in Beilen

Research into the wartime civil registries of one of the civil registry offices in Upper Silesias (Poland) discovered many records that corresponded to deaths of inmates from the "Reichsautobahnlager Annaburg" and "Zwangsarbeitslager Niederkirch" camps.

A certificate of death for Eliazer Woudstra as discovered there, stated that he died on 13 December 1942 in Camp Annaberg. In it was mentioned an …