Maurits Smit

Maurits Smit was a son of Isaac Smit and Elisabeth Bierman, and a grandson of Nathan Smit and Heintje de Wolff. His parents survived the Holocaust but his grandparents were killed in Auschwitz during the Shoah. He was born I a family with seven children, namely Hendrika in 1898, mostly named Henriette, Nathan in 1902, Rozette in 1908, Jacob in 1911, Abraham in 1917 and Maurits self in 1900. Sadly …

Just like with the previous departure (of the 12th and 13th convoy of 10 October 1942), the 14th and 15th convoy were formed separately, but they formed one transport. The formation of the 14th convoy, which started on October 10, took 11 days. It consisted of  996 deportees, but only one of them managed to escape before the border. There were also 130 children.

In the 15th convoy, which was forme…