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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 8h

On this day in 1899, a Czech Jewish man was born. On the 8 Feb 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt with his wife and daughter (11) and then on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where they perished. His name was Bedřich Popper

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in 1944, an 26 year old Dutch Jewish man was shot at Raalte while fleeing. He had been in hiding. His mother and sister (19) were murdered in Sobibor on the 2 Apr 1943 and two siblings survived. His name was Moses Bachrach

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 1d

On this day in 1907, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 30 Nov 1941 she was deported to Theresienstadt and then on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she perished. Her name was Stella Bergova

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14.10.1943 | Anniversary of the Sobibor Uprising — an act of Jewish resistance that led to the death camp's closure. An Aug. 1944 photo from the demolished site is chilling: it shows the entrance to the "Slauch," the path to the gas chambers. www.sobibor.org/en/unknown-photos-sobibor-from-1944

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 5d

On this day in 1919, a Czechoslovak Jewish man was born. On the 28 Mar 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt and then on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where he perished. His name was Samuel Wohl

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2/2 Betje's father Alexander Simmeren was a merchant. Het married Betje Koekoek on January 23, 1930, in Groningen. The family lived at Gedempte Zuiderdiep 97 a in the city center of Groningen.

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09.10.1936 | Betje Simmeren was born in Groningen. Her life, shared with brother Philippus & sister Rebekka, was tragically cut short. On March 12, '43, the family was taken to Westerbork, followed by deportation to Sobibor on March 17. Betje was murdered on March 20, 1943.👇🏼1/2

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3/3 In 1943, Hartog was a market vendor selling underwear & lingerie at the Jewish market on Joubertstraat. On June 20, 1943, Hartog's family was sent to Westerbork, followed by deportation to Sobibor on June 29, 1943 and murdered. Hartog's mother survived the war. His father perished in Auschwitz.

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2/3 Rebecca married market vendor Hartog Koekoek on June 11, 1919. They had three children: Margaretha Koekoek (b. 1919), Sophia Koekoek (b. 1921) and Levie Koekoek (b. 1931). The last address of the family was in Amsterdam at Commelinstraat 30a-II.

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07.10.1898 | Rebecca Koekoek-Scheffer was a daughter of Sophia Barend and Hartog Scheffer (1873-1903). She had one brother, Izak (1900-1944). Her younger sister Saartje died in 1905. Her mother perished in Auschitz in 1942. Rebecca and her family were murdered in Sobibor.👇🏼1/3

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 8d

On this day in 1893, a Czechoslovak Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt and then on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she perished. Her name was Berta Grossová

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06.10.1925 | Henri Schepp lived in Vught. In 1943 the family went into hiding. Rachel and her daughter Hetty in Limburg and Jonas with his son Henri in Utrecht. Henri and his father were arrested on July 3, 1943, and deported to Sobibor on July 6. His mother and sister survived.

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 9d

On this day in 1920, a Czechoslovak Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt and then on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she perished. Her name was Eva Kohnová

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05.10.1881 | Otto Isidor Wolf was a Frankfurt goldsmith, a widower, and a loving father. He was deported from Berlin to Sobibor on June 15, 1942. Otto married Nelly Horkheimer. She died of cancer in 1936. His sons' Max (b. 1920) and Robert (b. 1922) survived the Holocaust.

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 10d

On this day in 1923, a Czechoslovak Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt and then on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she was most probably murdered on arrival. Her name was Gerta Löwyová

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3/3 On Febr. 22, 1941, Sara's brother Abraham was rounded up and taken to Camp Schoorl with hundreds of Jewish men and deported to Mauthausen. On Aug. 12, hè was murdered in the gas chamber at Schloss Hartheim. Bizarre fact is that Sara was murdered in Sobibor by the same SS men.

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2/3 Sara worked at the Hollandia-Kattenburg textile factory in Amsterdam as a raincoat sticker. It seems she managed to escape in the razzia of Nov. 11, 1942. She arrived in Westerbork on June 20, 1943 after the big razzia in Amsterdam-east. She was murdered on July 9, 1943.

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04.09.1921 | Sara Melkman was a daughter of Herman Melkman & Frederika Querido. She had two brothers, Abraham and Isaäc Ben. Sara was a raincoat sticker and lived at Burmanstraat 14 in Amsterdam. Her father was a market vendor on Waterlooplein, where he sold lingerie. 👇🏼1/3

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8/8 After spending three days in Westerbork, Albert went on the 17th transport to the Sobibor death camp on July 6, 1943 and murdered three days later.

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7/8 On April 16, 1943 Albert was transported to concentration camp Vught. Albert was transferred to the outerkommando Moerdijk on May 29, 1943 and housed in barracks 9. Here he had to dig tank trenches and walls. As of July 3, 1943 he was in Westerbork.

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6/8 Both Albert and Clara were forced to move to Amsterdam. As of Sept.. 17, 1942, Albert was registered with the civil registry at Blauwe Distelstraat 17. This is in the just-formed Judenviertel IV in Amsterdam-North. In Astendorp he was in the fire and air protection service.

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5/8 On June 21, 1941 the major Noordewier, wrote a letter to the commissioner of the province: “In compliance with your letter cited above. I have the honor to send you a copy of the list of Jews living in this municipality, which I sent to the Sicherheitspolizei in Utrecht today”.

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4/8 Because of being stateless, he eventually ended up with his niece Clara de Vries-Rosenbaum in Amerstfoort. She was the widow of Abraham de Vries, with whom she had a jewelry store in Amersfoort. Albert worked as a clerk in the store from 1934.

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3/8 Albert was unmarried and in 1934 he fled to The Netherlands from his home in Hamburg.

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2/8 Albert Rosenbaum, was born in Hamburg as a son of Samuel and Minna Rosenbaum. They had six children: Max Meier, Eduard, Albert, Else, Fred Ehrick and Gertrud. Albert and Gertrud were the only siings who did not survive the Holocaust.

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