Abraham Pront

Rachel Katwijk was a daughter of Jacob Katwijk and Sara Gosler. She was the 5^th of the nine children in the Katwijk family and was born in Amsterdam on 2 January 1896. On 13 November 1919 she married there the diamond polisher Abraham Pront, a son of Zacharias Pront and Selly Lakmaker. He was born in Amsterdam too on 2 March 1896.

Before Rachel married Abraham Pront, she lived at home with her par…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 6195) 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 9787/4323).