Jacob Meijers

On 8 March 1927, Elizabeth van Geldere and Jacob Meijers married in The Hague. Elizabeth was a daughter of Barend van Geldere and Sara Schielaar and was born on 10 December  1900 in Rotterdam. She had an older sister who had died at the age of 3 ½  years and a younger sister Helena Roza. Jacob Meijers was a son of Izaak Meijers and Johanna de Winter. On 22 November  1937 their only son Izaak Rudy …

In addition, a Jokos file (number 2031) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

This person is commemorated on a memorial in Doetinchem. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.

The last big festivity of the kehilla Doetinchem was celebrated in March 1938 because of its 60th anniversary, including two solemn shuffleboard services. A party committee, consisting of H. van Gelder,  M.L. Groenheim, L.L. de Wolff,  J.Mogendorff, Al. Heilbron, M. Jacobi, I. Jacobs, and J. Meijers designed a party guide with introductions by Chief Rabbi Vredenburg and Mayor Duval Slothouwer. The…

The deportation of the Jews in Doetinchem took place in phases. On 7 October 1942, a unit of the German “Ordnungspolizei”, guided by a local police officer, set out to round up 12 Jews selected from a pre-prepared list. Only 5 people were found at home: the majority had disappeared as a precaution, some following various events in the province, others thanks to the warning given in advance by the …