Abraham Aronson was a son of Samuel Aronson en Kaatje Peper. He married 6 October 1926 in Amsterdam Marianna Bronkhorst, a daughter of Mozes Bronkhorst and Naatje Swaalep. The couple had two children. Marianna's mother, Naatje Swaalep, lives in in the family of Abraham Aronson.
Abraham self was born in a family with ten children; one brother emigrated with his family to Johannesburg and three children have died as babies. His other siblings were Juda, Adriana, Mozes, Philip and Clara. They have been killed all during the Holocaust.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Samuel Aronson, Abraham Aronson and website www.wiewaswie.nl.
Abraham Aronson joined the Hollandia-Kattenburg textile factory in Amsterdam on 16 January 1939. On Wednesday, 11 November 1942, around 4:30 PM, Willy Lages conducted the Sicherheitspolizei raid on the Hollandia factories. All exits were blocked, and the Jewish staff members were taken away that evening. Photographs of all workers taken away that evening, as well as those deported previously, appear in the 'Boek der tranen' [Book of tears].
Jewish Historical Museum, Documents collection, inv.nr B1376, 'Boek der tranen' [Book of tears]