Jonas Valk

Jonas Valk was a son of Simon Valk and Rachel de Jong. At the age of 18, he left the parental home. He lived and worked in Emmen. In August 1942, he was put to work in Linde, one of the Jewish work camps. Fairly soon afterwards, he was deported to Auschwitz via Westerbork.
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Simon Valk was married to Rachel de Jong. They had five children: Jonas, Heijman, Gaaltje, Mozes Manus and Benjamin. The family lived in Gieten at the address A 258a. Simon Valk was a butcher. He mainly slaughtered sheep and goats. The meat was not only sold in their shop. Simon also sold door to door.

At the start of the Second World War, Jonas and Gaaltje had already left home. Heijman worked …

Simon Valk werd op 16 april 1893 geboren in Wildervank, als zoon van de koopman Jonas Valk en zijn vrouw Gaaltje Levie.
Hij trouwde op 26 april 1922 in Winschoten met Rachel de Jong, geboren op 9 februari 1898 te Winschoten, dochter van bakker Heijman de Jong en Roosje Nijstad.
Het echtpaar ging in Gieten wonen aan de Gietenstraat A 258a en kreeg vijf kinderen: Jonas (21-01-1923), Heijman (12-07-1…