Meijer Menist

Meijer Menist, a son of Jacob Meijer Menist and Sippora van Gelderen, was born in Amsterdam on 17 September 1888. He married Branca van Rheen on 15 April 1912, a daughter of Simon van Rheenen and Hanna Rozette. Branca was born in Amsterdam on 15 July 1887. The Menist-van Rheenen couple had two children, viz. Simon in 1914 and Sippora in 1917.

Around the time of his marriage in 1912, Meijer Menist …

In addition, a Jokos file (number 51586) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

According to a list with shops of Jewish owners, compiled by the Amsterdam police in 1940, this family had a shop for used radio accessories, address: Waterlooplein 32 in Amsterdam.
Abstracts of the police archives which a…

Jewish tradespeople such as bakers, hairdressers, butchers, fishmongers, grocers, etc. received a special exemption (Sperre), so that the Jewish population could continue to use the tradespeople. As the number of Jewish residents of Amsterdam shrank due to the deportations, these exemptions were cancelled. On July 27, 1942, Meijer de Vries, the General Adviser of the Jewish Council, sent a circula…