Barend
Wessel
Born in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Josephina Heimans
— married
7 Aug 1914 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
[children unknown]
Died
at age 53
in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Oświęcim, Poland
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Biography
Barend Wessel was murdered in Auschwitz
Barend was born in 1889 in Amsterdam.
He was the son of Mozes Wessel and Johanna van Duren.
He was married to Josephina Heimans in 1914 in Nijmegen, Gelderland.[1]
Barend and his wife made a vain attempt to escape to safer places and were arrested and imprisoned in France.
Both were deported to Auschwitz by transport 47 from the French transit camp Drancy on 11.02.1943 and were murdered a few days after arrival in Auschwitz concentration camp, Poland.
Sources
- ↑ Marriage: Gelders Archief te Arnhem, BS Huwelijk Burgerlijke stand Gelderland, dubbelen, Nijmegen, archief 207, inventarisnummer 9106, 07-08-1914, Nijmegen, aktenummer 249
- Timeline of Barend Wessel
- Memorial Joods Monument #141758
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