Elias Groenteman

Elias is een zoon van Simon Groenteman en Beletje Koopman. Hij trouwde 21 juli 1915 met Rozette Velleman (23 jaar), dochter van David Velleman en Dina Nopol

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Elias Groenteman huwde in 1915 in Amsterdam. Naast het hier vermelde overlevende kind had hij een gehuwde dochter Betty.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, archiefkaart Elias Groenteman

Zie voor meer informatie over dit gezin USC Shoah Foundation, USC-SF nr. 4912 (interview David Groenteman).

Jacques was deported together with his older brother, Elias, from Belgium on Mechelen Convoy V. The transport left on 25 August 1942 and arrived at Auschwitz a few days later.

Both Elias and Jacques passed selection and were admitted to the camp. According to the Auschwitz death certificates, which were issued live during the war, Elias and Jacques died just one day apart from each other: Elias pe…

The greater Groenteman family fled from Europe in 1940 and arrived in the USA (via Lisbon) on 12 September 1940 on the Nea Hellas. They all survived the war.

Elias Groenteman had a passage on the ship as well, but according to his son (who survived Auschwitz, among other camps), the family did not depart because Elias' son-in-law, Abe Logger, was unable to obtain a passage and Elias daughter, Betj…