Michael van West

Michael van West was the sixth of the nine children of Salomon van West (1859-1931) and Betje Lelie (1853-1935) and born in Amsterdam on 31 October 1887. Like all his brothers and his father, also Michael van West was a flower dealer by profession. Michael married Saartje Goudsmit on 31 July 1912 in Amsterdam, a daughter of Levie Goudsmit and Hanna Vos and she was born on 6 October 1887 there. At …

The 24th Convoy consists of 625 people, including 54 children. Just like the previous Jewish convoy, the 23rd-A convoy of 15 January 15 1944, very poor in number, but it only took two and a half months and not four to bring together a quota of the same importance. This means that the hunt for Jews has increased, just like the other repressions in the occupied territory.

The political police got a …