Alexander Zonligt, born in Borgerhout in 1911, was the youngest son of the in Amsterdam born Hartog Zonligt and Elisabeth Cohen. He worked as model cutter in the clothing industry and married 28 June 1933 Judith Morpurgo in Amsterdam, a daughter of Wolf Morpurgo and Ricka Stern. The couple had two children, Ricka in 1934 and in 1937 Hartog.
Alxander’s parents lived after their marriage in 1910 in Antwerp but left in 1914 for Kray, a district of the German town of Essen. There, in 1915, his brother Jakob Zacharias was born. In 1916 the family was unsubscribed “officially” from the Population Registry of Essen to Amsterdam, where they came living in Weesperstraat. There, in 1920 his sister Lena was born.
Alexander moved with his parent and brother in 1931 to Transvaalkade 113 in Amsterdam-East, but before they moved again in December 1933 to Waterlooplein, Alexander married in June 1933 Judith Morpurgo and went living on an own address.
Alexander and Judith lived after their marriage at several addresses in Amsterdam; they started in Korte Houtstraat 43 2nd floor, then a removal followed in February 1935 to Zwanenburgersraat 17 3rd floor and in June 1936 to Wagenaarstraag 105 1st floor. On 5 May 1936 they were registered in Retiefstraat 48 3rd floor, which would become also their last known address.
On 28 November 1942 the complete family of Alexander Zonlight was carried off to Westerbork and on 8 December, all were put on transport to Auschwitz. This transport stopped in Kozel, about 80 km west from Auschwitz. There 80 boys and men between 15 and 50 years were forced to leave the train, to be employed as forced laborers in the surrounding satellite camps of Auschwitz. Most likely Alexander Zonlight belonged to this group of 60 men. Those who remained in the train, were carried on to Auschwitz to be killed there.
Judith Morpurgo-Zonligt and her two children Ricka and Hartog arrived in Auschwitz on 11 December 1942 and on arrival there they were immediately killed in the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Alexander Zonligt however, was most likely employed as a forced laborer in one of the satellite camps of Auschwitz. Eventually he lost his life in Auschwitz on 28 February 1943.
Sources among others: City Archive of Amsterdam, family registration cards of Hartog Zonligt and Alexander Zonligt, archive cards of Alexander Zonligt and Judith Morpurgo; Amsterdam residence cards of Korte Houtstraat, Zwanenburgerstraat, Wagenaarstraat en de Retiefstraat; the Dossier of Foreigners of the City of Antwerp of Hartog Zonligt, nr. 153897, image 153 and 154; website Wikipedia of Jodentransporten vanuit Nederland and the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of Alex Zonligt, Alexander Zonligt, Judith Zonligt-Morpurgo, Ricka Zonligt en Hartog Zonligt.