Izaak Davids

Izaak Davids, son of Abraham Davids and Rebecca Schnitzler, was born in Rotterdam on 1 March 1912. He was still unmarried and worked as a shop assistant. He lived at home with his parents in the Scheveningsestraat 8a in Rotterdam, from where he was carried off on 22 April 1943 to concentration camp Vught and from there deployed as forced labourer in the “Aussenkommando Moerdijk” a satellite camp o…

Abraham Davids, who was born 21 December 1881 in Rotterdam, was the youngest son of Isaac Davids and Catharina Hart. He married there Rebecca Schnitzler on 29 March 1911, who was born 18 June 1883 in Rotterdam as daughter of Samuel Schnitzler and his cousin Sara Schnitzler. The couple had two children, namely Izaak, who was born 1 March 1912 and Samuel on 27 March 1914. Izaak was killed in Auschwi…

His brother was Samuel Davids born 1914,  died 1984

The only German-style concentration camp that was set up in our country was concentration camp Vught, which was opened in January 1943. The camp had a number of “Aussenkommando’s“ (satellite camps) including Moerdijk. This command was located in the old barracks of the anti-aircraft artillery near the harbour. Fifty S.S. men were appointed as guards and the first prisoners arrived on 26 March 1943…