List of Jews deported from Wageningen (1942–43)

"Levenspoort" (Arch of Life), bronze memorial sculpture by Yetty Elzas. In remembrance of the 71 Jewish citizens of Wageningen and surroundings, deported and murdered during the years 1940-1945. Located on Walstraat, "approximately opposite from where Wageningen's synagogue" was until May 1940. The inscription on the base, in Hebrew and Dutch, is from Ruth (10:4): "...so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village."^[1][2]

This article lists Jews from Wageningen and neighboring municipalities in the Netherlands deported by the Nazis during World War II.^[3]

Municipality of Wageningen

Residents of Wageningen

• Alexander, Juliana-Beatrix (b. January 1, 1939, Rotterdam; d. September 17, 1943, Auschwitz)
• Alexander, Karl Israel (b. June 12, 1887, Rogasen; d. July 25, 1943, Westerbork)
• Berger, Geza (b. August 2, 1892, Budapest, Hungary; d. September 30, 1942, Auschwitz)
• Cassiver, Ilse (wife of K.I. Alexander), (b. August 26, 1908, Breslau; d. September 17, 1943, Auschwitz)
• Cohen, Sophia-Hendrika (b. April 7, 1903, Wageningen; d. February 6, 1944, Auschwitz)^[4]
• Gelder, Bernhard van, student at the Landbouwhogeschool Nederland (b. February 23, 1916, The Hague; d. September 24, 1943, Auschwitz)
• Gernsheim, Helena (widow of J. Weidenreich), (b. October 15, 1867, Worms, Germany; d. April 23, 1943, Sobibor)
• Meijer, Lodewijk (b. July 8, 1919, Amsterdam; d. September 24, 1943, Auschwitz)^[4]
• Meijer, Ottilie Sara (widow of B. Beijer), (b. December 15, 1874, Maagdenburg, Germany; d. April 16, 1943, Sobibor)
• Ostermann, Laura-Wilhemina Sara (wife of R.I. Lowenthal), (b. March 13, 1874, Berlin; d. May 21, 1943, Sobibor)
• Pinkhof, Juda, student at the Landbouwhogeschool Nederland (b. July 11, 1921, Amsterdam; d. November 3, 1942, Auschwitz)
• Rippe, Jacques (b. March 16, 1878, Brielle; d. July 2, 1943, Sobibor)
• Sanders, Henrij (b. December 26, 1861, Gouda; d. November 5, 1942, Auschwitz)
• Waal, Rachel van de (wife of J. Rippe), (b. October 9, 1879; d. July 2, 1943, Sobibor)

Residents of Bennekom

• Frankenthal, Gunther (b. September 18, 1929, Leipzig, Germany; d. February 28, 1945, Auschwitz)^[4]
• Frankenthal, Ludwig-Israel (b. November 27, 1885, Schwanfeld, Germany; d. October 14, 1944, Auschwitz)^[4]
• Frankenthal, Wolfgang (b. June 10, 1931, Leipzig; d. October 14, 1944, Auschwitz)^[4]
• Kropveld, Elsiene Helena (wife of Alexander Woude), (b. August 3, 1909, Amsterdam; d. March 6, 1944, Auschwitz)
• Kutnewsky, Editha-Charlotte (widow of J. Blode), (b. March 4, 1889, Berlin; unknown)
• Roos, Betje, (b. February 28, 1878, Rotterdam; d. April 16, 1943, Sobibor)
• Sprecher, Hermann, student at the Landbouwhogeschool Nederland (b. May 13, 1919, Rotterdam; d. October 10, 1942, Auschwitz)
• Woude, Alexander (Alex, Lex) van der (b. April 25, 1900, Amsterdam; d. March 6, 1944, Auschwitz)
• Woude, Henriette Frederika (Jetje) van der (b. February 14, 1935, Wageningen; d. March 6, 1944, Auschwitz)
• Woude, Louis Hein (Loekie) van der (b. July 2, 1932, Wageningen; d. March 6, 1944, Auschwitz)

Municipality of Renkum

Residents of Renkum

• Hartogson, Fanny (wife of Emanuel Manasse), (b. May 14, 1885, Embden, Germany; d. April 9, 1943, Sobibor)
• Manasse, Emanuel Alexander (b. November 21, 1882, Renkum; d. April 9, 1943, Sobibor)

Municipality of Rhenen

Residents of Rhenen

• Frank, Sally-Heinz (b. March 17, 1920, Dorrmoschel, Germany; d. December 25, 1943, Auschwitz)^[4]
• Klaueren-Haas, Magdelena van (b. August 1, 1870, Almelo; d. April 23, 1943, Sobibor)

See also

• History of Wageningen
• History of the Jews in the Netherlands
• History of the Netherlands (1939-1945)

References

Notes

1. "De Levenspoort Joods monument". Wageningen 1940-1945. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
2. "Ruth: A Story of Redemption (4)". Bible.org. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
3. Source: Museum de Casteelse Port, Wageningen. Accessed: May 12, 2012.
4. "Killed near Auschwitz"

Further reading

• Steenbergen, A.G. 2002. Een eerlijcke plaets: memorboek van joods Wageningen en omgeving (Memory book of Jewish Wageningen and surroundings). Wageningen: Stichting Joods Gedenkteken.

External links

• De Casteelse Poort Museum
• "Wageningen", Jewish Historical Museum of the Netherlands
• Digital Monument to the Jewish Community of the Netherlands (in Dutch)
• Wageningen Jewish Heritage Foundation (in Dutch), including biographies of some of those deported