Rachel Winnik-Koopman

Rachel Koopman, born on 18 April 1865 in Amsterdam, was the second youngest of the 7 children of Isaac Emanuel Machiel Koopman and Rebecca Elias Pothuis. She married Jacob Winnik in Amsterdam on 29 September 1887, a son of Salomon Samson Winnik and Marianne van Lier. Jacob was born on 18 September 1863 and was a diamond polisher by profession.  

After the marriage which took place in 1887, Jacob a…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 15640) on this household is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Text of the official police report of 17 July, 1942, drawn up at 3:20 PM on the District Police station Jonas Daniël Meijerplein

Rachel Koopman, born 18 April 1865 in Amsterdam, widow of J. Winnik, living at Nieuwe Prinsengracht 90 I here, reports that on today, 17 July 1942 at about 4.30 am, by ringing the doorbell, a German soldier, of whom no further description can be given, came to her home a…