Leo Fortuijn

For additional information see:
P. de Zeeuw J.Gzn., Nijkerk in de greep der Nazi's (1970)


This person is commemorated on a memorial in Nijkerk. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.

Camp Neukirch

Camp Neukirch was a labor camp close to the former city of Breslau, now Wroclaw. A number of Dutch Jewish men who belonged to the so-called Kosel group died in this camp. The Kosel group concerns Jewish men between the ages of 16 and 50 who were taken from the train at Kosel station during a number of transports from Westerbork to Auschwitz in the period from August 28 to December 12…

Leo Fortuijn verhuisde op 9 mei 1942 vanuit de Hagelsteeg 15 a te Zwolle naar zijn ouderlijke woning aan de Nieuwstraat 12 te Nijkerk.

Hier zijn voor Leo en zijn ouders in 2013 Stolpersteine gelegd.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 5999) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.