Jakob Slomovits

Jakob Slomovits, his wife and children were born in Sighetu Marmației in Romania, also known as Sighet, a town in the Maramures district in Romania, located near the border with Ukraine, gelegen in the Theissvalleyl. Jacob Slomovits came to the Netherlands and arrived 16 June 1933 in Den Haag, where in the beginning, he lived shortly at Pletterijkade 3a. After one month, on 12 July 1933, he moved …

According the registration card of the Jewish Council, Jacob Slomovits should have been deported from Westerbork to “the East” on 18 September 1942. This transport included 1004 persons, of whom 200 were forced to leave the train in Kozel. Boys and men between 15 and 50 years of age were employed as forced laborers in the surrounding satellite camps of Auschwitz. Jacob Slomovits then was 50 years …

We have been unable to determine whether one or more members of this family survived the war. While their names do not appear on the lists of survivors, we have not been able to trace them in In Memoriam either. They are therefore labeled as 'surviving' and their names are not listed.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 000586) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject…

Section of the Jewish Council acted as a liaison with the Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung.

At the Expositur the registration of exemptions from deportation (sperre) was processed. Employees of the 'Expo' had access to the Hollandsche Schouwburg. The organisation was headed by Edwin Sluzker, who was of Austrian-Jewish descend.