Jansje Duitz

The Duitz sisters, Sara, Naatje and Jansje were the three unmarried daughters of Levie Duitz and Louise Zwaap. That family consisted of father, mother and nine children, all born in Amsterdam, the eldest of whom was Salomon from 1873. The next was Simon who was born in 1876, followed by Sara in 1877, (born at Uilenburgerstraat 14), Naatje in 1879, (also born at Uilenburgerstraat 14), Jetje in 1881…

Sunday 20 June 1943: in the southern and eastern part of Amsterdam a big raid has taken place on the last remaining Jews in the city. Germans as well as the Amsterdam police blocked all streets, went into houses to bring the Jews to the gathering places.

At this raid, a large part of the remaining Jews of Amsterdam-East and South were made “ready to march” (marschfertig). The Germans boasted about…

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…