Eva Waas-de Bruin

Eva de Bruin was the youngest of the four children of Simon de Bruin and Hester Ligtenstein. She married  Joseph Waas, a leather worker and son of Juda Waas and Betje Schelvis on 4 June 1941 in Amsterdam. The couple lived at Staalstraat 13 I in Amsterdam. Their marriage remained childless.

Since 20 August 1941 Eva was employed at the textile factory of Hollandia Kattenburg. To prevent that Germans…

On 4 June 1941, Eva de Bruin married Joseph Waas, son of Juda Waas and Betje Schelvis. The wedding reception took place at the home of Cornelia Alida Staal-de Bruin, Eva de Bruin’s sister. The first-floor apartment above this home, Staalstraat 13-I, was given as the married couple’s future address.
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Eva Waas-de Bruin joined the Hollandia-Kattenburg textile factory in Amsterdam on 20 August 1941. On Wednesday, 11 November 1942, around 4:30 PM, Willy Lages conducted the Sicherheitspolizei raid on the Hollandia factories. All exits were blocked and the Jewish staff members were taken away that evening. Photographs of all workers taken away that evening, as well as those deported previously, appe…