Simon Elekan

Aron Elekan was the youngest of the two sons of Simon Elekan and Klara Finsij en was born in Amsterdam on 21 May 1898; his elder brother Jonas was born on 18 April 1897. Aron was working as a diamond polisher. On 24 February 1917 he became a member of the ANDB, the “Algemende Nederlandse Diamantbewerkers Bond”(the Diamond workers Union). He was admitted as brilliant polisher in section 2. His memb…

According to a list with shops of Jewish owners, compiled by the Amsterdam police in 1940, this family had a fish-, fruit, butter- and cheese shop, address: Gaaspstraat 39 in Amsterdam.
Abstracts of the police archives which are currently at the Amsterdam municipal archives

In addition, a Jokos file (number 33208) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authoriz…

Sunday 20 June 1943: in the southern and eastern part of Amsterdam a big raid has taken place on the last remaining Jews in the city. Germans as well as the Amsterdam police blocked all streets, went into houses to bring the Jews to the gathering places.

At this raid, a large part of the remaining Jews of Amsterdam-East and South were made “ready to march” (marschfertig). The Germans boasted about…