Biography

About Benedictus Samuel Boas

Benedictus Samuel Boas, the son of Samuel Benedictus Boas and Carolina Cohen, was an insurer. Even though his wife was not Jewish, he was arrested by the Sicherheitsdienst in August 1944 and deported via Westerbork. His wife and child survived the war. The family lived at 25 Rubensstraat in Amersfoort. Benedictus had several items of jewelry looted from him.
K. Ribbens, Zullen we nog terugkeren. De jodenvervolging in Amersfoort tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog (Amersfoort 2002) 71, 158-159NIOD, Records Stichting Sieraden-Comité, box HF 9, file 134