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Jesaya Swart

Amsterdam, – Mauthausen,

Reached the age of 20 years

Occupation: Bicycle boy

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About Jesaya Swart

Jesaya Swart was the ninth and last child born of the marriage between the labourer Levie Swart and Frouwke Kropveld. His father died in Amsterdam on 17 January 1940. Jesaya was born at Valkenburgerstraat 187, Amsterdam. He was deported to Mauthausen by way of Buchenwald. Jesaya Swart’s birth certificate has been preserved.
Joods Historisch Museum, Documentenverzameling, inv.nr 10289, ordner 2

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Frouwke Swart-Kropveld and her family

In addition, a Jokos file (number 1395) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

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Victims of february-raids gassed in Hartheim Castle.

On 22 and 23 Febuary 1941, raids took place in Amsterdam,  in which 390 Jewish men were arrested and deported. Only two of them survived. A recent investigation has shown that more than 100 men were gassed in Hartheim Castle, while Mauthausen was established as the official place of death.

In February 2021, the City Archive of Amsterdam opened the exhibition “The raids of 22 and 23 February 1941 i…

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