Louis Tas

Meijer Tas was a son of Levie Tas and Betje Slier. He was born on 27 January 1896 in Amsterdam and started his career as a commercial traveler. Later he was a wholesaler in draperies. Meijer was also active as a pastoral worker.  Before he was married, he lived with his sibs and parents at home at Tugelaweg 25, 1^st floor in Amsterdam East.

On 15 February 1928, Levie married in Amsterdam Sara Hirsc…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 52799) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

From Chapter II, General (concerns transports during the Cosel period).

The "arbeitsfähige”(working) men who were taken off the train in Cosel were generally in the age group of approximately 15 to 50 years, in some individual cases slightly older. Those who remained on the train to be sent to Auschwitz were, broadly speaking, the older, weak or sickly men and the women and children.

In general it…