David Wessel

David Wessel was the secretary of the NIG (Dutch-Jewish community) in Rotterdam from 1907 to 1943. Unlike his predecessors, he was orthodox. He was an excellent stylist, and thanks to his historical survey articles in the Weekblad voor Israëlitische Huisgezinnen (a weekly publication for Jewish families), a good deal of information about the history of Rotterdam’s Jewish community and its institut…

Een * foto van David Wessel is te vinden op dezelfde bladzijde 135 van het boek Jizkor, waaraan de biografische notitie is ontleend.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 53422) on this household 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 12895/7774).

"Centraal blad voor Israëlieten in Nederland". Amsterdam, 08-07-1937, p. 11. Geraadpleegd op Delpher op 13-09-2023, https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=MMKB19:000580019:mpeg21:p00011