Emil Johan van der Heijden

On Saturday, 11 April 1942, at 7.00 PM, ten Jewish residents of Leeuwarden were arrested in retaliation for removing the sign 'No Jews allowed' from a public bench in the Vossepark. They were sent to the camp at Amersfoort. Emil Johan van der Heijden was among them. He lived on the Emmakade Zuidzijde in Leeuwarden.
S. de Jong, Joods leven in de Friese hoofdstad 1920-1945. Voltooid verleden tijd (L…

We have been unable to determine whether one or more members of this family survived the war. While their names do not appear on the lists of survivors, we have not been able to trace them in In Memoriam either. They are therefore labeled as 'surviving' and their names are not listed.

In addition, Jokos files (numbers 4714, 60608) on this family or other family members are at the Amsterdam Munic…