Hendrika Hamburger-Cohen

Salomon Hamburger was a son of Abraham Hamburger and Celina Tabak. He was bon on 20 February 1907 in Rotterdam and he was a sales representative by profession. On his age of ± 33 years Salomon married in Rotterdam – presumably in 1940/1941 the 23 year old Hendrika Cohen, a daughter of Charles Cohen and Elisabeth Stad. She was born in  Rotterdam on 22 August 1917 and had also an older brother Izaak…

Charles Cohen was the 11th of the 12 children of Izaak Cohen and Elizabeth van Lier. He was born on 29 July 1882 in Rotterdam and worked there as a wholesaler in meat and as a butcher. He married Elisabeth Stad on 13 July 1910, who was born 31 March 1885 in Rotterdam as a daughter of Meijer Stad and Heintje Boekbinder. The couple Cohen-Stad had two children, namely Izaak on 2 June 1911 and Hendrik…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 10695) on this household is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 4713 / 17529).

Mijn naam is Sander Hamburger, geboren als Salomon Hamburger (ik heb mijn naam 20 jaar geleden gewijzigd). De familie aan mijn vaders kant zijn bijna allemaal vermoord. Dit heeft een grote impact op mijn vader gehad, die ternauwernood aan moord is ontsnapt, en dus op mij en mijn beide zussen.

Mijn Opa en Oma, de ouders van mijn vader, zijn beiden in 1943 vermoord.
Mijn opa Salomon Hamburger, gebore…