Levie Wennek

Levie Wennek, born 21 May 1904 in Amsterdam, was a son of Samuel Wennek and Marianne Schenkkan. Levie lived since his marriage on 31 March 1938 to Mathilda Kattenburg not at home anymore but at another address. She was a daughter of Henri Kattenburg and Engeltje Hijman. On 20 December 1938 they moved in a house in Pretoriusstraat 87 2^nd floor in Amsterdam-East where on 8 March 1939 their son Samue…

In addition, Jokos files (numbers 25204, 25205) on this family or other family members are at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Early October 1943, a month after the arrival of the transport of 7 September 1943 from Westerbork with in total 987 deportees in Auschwitz, a group of 187 Dutch prisoners was formed who were deported to Warschau to clear the area of rubble of the devastated ghetto. Originally there was a group of 264 men, younger than 50 years, of whom 77 were killed in the gas chamber.

It had previously been dec…