Biography

About Charles Gompers

Charles Gompers was a son from the 1st marriage of Mozes Gompers and Rebecca Waalwijk or Walewijk. He was a stepson of Jetje Hes, the 2nd wife of his father Mozes. It is known that Charles left for Antwerp in June 1923 and got married to Hanna Elkan, daughter of Sammie Elkan and Klara Blitz. The couple had 2 daughters: Bertha and Clara.
Hanna Elkan and her daughters Bertha and Clara were deported from Mechelen with Convoy 6 on 29 August 1942 wich has arrived on 3 September in Auschwitz. Probably they have been killed there upon arrival.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Jetje Hes, Dossier of Strangers of Antwerp and the "Memorial de la Deportation des Juifs de Belgique".