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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 1d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 1d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 2d

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 · 2d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 3d

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 · 3d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 4d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 4d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 4d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 6d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 6d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 6d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 6d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 6d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 6d

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

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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 6d

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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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 6d

02.10.1888 | An aluminum plate with the name Rosenbaum was found during archaeological excavations at Sobibor. From the inscribed name, address, date and place of birth, it was found out that it was from Albert. He lost it just before he was murdered on July 9, 1943. 👇🏽 1/8

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 6d

On this day in 1888, a Czechoslovak Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she was most probably murdered on arrival. Her name was Jindřiška Danzigová

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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 7d

7/7 Samuel Lerer passed away at home in Marlboro, New Jersey, on March 3, 2016. Born in Żółkiewka, deported to Sobibor in 1942, survivor of the uprising, witness in postwar trials. His life stands as a testament to survival, memory, and justice.

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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 7d

6/7 Samuel Lerer testified in multiple trials against former SS guards of Sobibor. He spoke in testimonies about his deportation, life in the camp, and the uprising. In 1977, he gave an audio interview about his experiences: 🎧 Listen here open.spotify.com/episode/6rGG...

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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 7d

5/7 In 1950, Samuel Lerer emigrated to the U.S. aboard the SS General Henry Taylor. He settled in Brooklyn, NY, where he met Gale Simanowicz, born in Minsk. They married on Dec 13, 1952, became U.S. citizens in 1955. Lerer ran a supermarket, later drove a NYC taxi. Gale passed away in 2022

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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 7d

4/7 After the Sobibor uprising on Oct. 14, 1943, Samuel Lerer fled into the forest. His 3 brothers tried to escape too, but were murdered. Lerer hid near Chełm with other survivors, incl. Esther Raab. In 1946, in Berlin, he and Raab recognized Sobibor’s Gasmeister, Ernst Bauer.

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Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor @sobibor.org · 7d

3/7 In Sobibor, Lerer was forced to care for SS horses, later also chickens and geese. SS officer Frenzel ordered him to fatten the geese—used to make noise and drown out victims’ screams as they were driven to the gas chambers. He often saw Frenzel beating or killing Jews.

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