Isaac Ritmeester

Isaac Ritmeester was the second of the seven children of Jechiel Ritmeester and Elisabeth Brandon. He was unmarried and lived at home with his parents at Lepelstraat 2, 2^nd floor, in the old center of Amsterdam.

On 19 July 1942, the then 26-year-old advertising painter Isaac Ritmeester, together with his twin sisters Rosa and Esther, had to prepare for transport from Amsterdam Central Station to W…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 33092) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

According to the "Sterbebücher" (death records) of Auschwitz, Isaac Ritmeester was murdered there on 8 August 1942. This date however differs one day with the official date of death of 9 August 1942, as determined by the Dutch Ministry of Justice after the war. For the time being however, the website joodsmonument.nl, list only the dates of death, as published at the time in the "Nederlandse Staat…