François Swaab was a son of Samuel Swaab and Betje van Gelderen. He married Jeannette Turfrijer on 20 July 1942 in Amsterdam. Stadsarchief Amsterdam, archiefkaart François Swaab
From mid July 1942 till the end of February 1943, 52 trains have left for Auschwitz. Not all occupants arrived in Auschwitz. In the period of 28 August till 8 December 1942, 18 of the 28 deportation trains from Westerbork were stopped in Kozel, ± 80 km before Auschwitz and there boys and men between ± 15 and 50 years were forced to leave the train; they ended up in labor camps near Kozel, which a …