Salomon Hoogstraal

Camp Neukirch

Camp Neukirch was a labor camp close to the former city of Breslau, now Wroclaw. A number of Dutch Jewish men who belonged to the so-called Kosel group died in this camp. The Kosel group concerns Jewish men between the ages of 16 and 50 who were taken from the train at Kosel station during a number of transports from Westerbork to Auschwitz in the period from August 28 to December 12…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 15754) 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 5402/16737).

A Liro card exists for this person or family. The original cards…