Betje (Polak) Brest (1894 - 1942)

Born 2 Sep 1894 in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Wife of Alexander Brest — married 13 Sep 1922 in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Died 8 Oct 1942 at age 48 in Auschwitz concentration camp, Oświęcim, Oświęcim, Kraków, Poland

Betje (Polak) Brest was murdered in Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

Biography

Betje was born in 1894 in Rotterdam. ^[1]
She was the daughter of Salomon Polak and Mietje Katan.

Betje was married to Alexander Brest in 1922 in Rotterdam.^[2]

She was murdered in 1942 in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, 48 years of age.^[3]

Timeline & Stories

• Timeline of Betje Brest-Polak
• Memorial Joods Monument

Sources

1. ↑ Stadsarchief Rotterdam te Rotterdam, BS Geboorte Burgerlijke Stand Rotterdam, geboorteakten, Rotterdam, archief 999-01, inventaris­num­mer 1894H, 1894, Nadere toegang op het geboorteregister van de gemeente Rotterdam, aktenummer 1894.4800, folio h007
2. ↑ Stadsarchief Rotterdam te Rotterdam, BS Huwelijk Burgerlijke Stand Rotterdam, huwelijksakten, Rotterdam, archief 999-06, inventaris­num­mer 1922O, 13-09-1922, Nadere toegang op het huwelijksregister van de gemeente Rotterdam, folio o05v
3. ↑ Drents Archief te Drenthe, BS Overlijden Bron: Uittreksel, Deel: 1951, Periode: 1951, Meppel, archief 167.015, inventaris­num­mer 1951, 20 januari 1951, Overlijdensregister Meppel 1951, aktenummer 16