Klara Brandon

Klara Brandon was the second youngest of the six children of Isaak Jacob Brandon and Rosa Groenewout. She was born on 10 May 1880 at Nieuwe Kerkstraat 23 in Amsterdam, remained unmarried and worked as a servant maid for various families.

After her birth, she lived with her parents, brothers and sisters at four different addresses in Amsterdam until 23 May 1898. Then the 18-year old Klara left for …

The transport of 23 February 1943, the last of the so-called “spring transports” in 1943.

(The spring transports of 1943 took place between 11 January and 23 February 1943. The autumn transports of 1943 took place between 24 August and 16 November 1943. The intervening period is known as the “Sobibor period).

A specification of this transport reads as follows:

Transport date (departure from the Ne…