Biography

About Susanna Bont-Bromet

 

Susanna Bromet was a daughter of Mozes Bromet and Rachel Kosman.  On 14 May 1924 she married Meijer Bont in Amsterdam, a son of Emanuel Bont and Judith Frank.

After the marriage, Susanna and Meijer left Amsterdam for Antwerp and resided also at Berchem and Deurne. On 10 November 1930 the Bont family were registered again in Amsterdam and on 28 March 1938 the family moved to Schalkburgerstraat 31 grond floor.

Susanna and Meijer were registered in Camp Westerbork on 23 March 1943 and stayed in barack 60, till they were deported to Sobibor, where they both have been killed immediately upon arrival there on 2 April 1943.

Her son Emanuel was already registered in Camp Westerbork on 15 July 1942 where he stayed one week. On 21 July he was deported to Auschwitz where he lost his life eventually on 30 September 1942.

City Archive of Amsterdam, archive cards of Meijer Bont, Susanna Bromet, Emanuel Bont; The Dossier of Foreigners of the City of Antwerp, nr. 184411 - images 287/288; the Municipal Archive of Berchem, nrs.11846 and 11931 and the file cabinet of the Jewisch Council, registration cards of Meijer Bont, Susanna Bromet (registered as Gromet) and Emanuel Bont.

 

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