Simon Joels

Deventer v. 1.2

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Simon Joels, birth 6 Sep 1891 Rotterdam, died 2 Jul 1943 Sobibor, Polen to:
Henriette Margaretha Jacobs, birth 29 OKT 1882 Nijmegen, died 2 Jul 1943 Sobibor, Polen

1) Bertha Elisabeth Joels, birth 27 Aug 1919 Utrecht, died 19 MEI 2014 Amsterdam to:
Julius Louis Kan, alias: Jules, birth 15 Jun 1900 Amsterdam, died 2 MEI 1994 Amsterdam, buried 6 MEI 1994 Hoofddorp, occupation: Reiziger textiel, exportagent, directeur handelsfirma, son of Simon Kan and Ester Rooselaar
http://db.yadvashem.org/righteous/family.shtmll?language=en&itemId=4039217
Rescue Story

Koster, Willem & Gerrigje (van Laar)
In April 1943, 43-year-old Jules Kan of Amsterdam arrived at the Kosters&Aelig; home in Deventer, Overijssel. He remained hidden with them until the end of the war. When he joined the Koster household, consisting of Willem, Gerrigje, and seven of thei r eight children, he discovered that two other Jews, four-year-old Leni Bollegraaf and her three-year-old brother, Bernard, were already hiding there, and had been since 1942. All three Jewish wards survived the war in the Kosters&Aelig; home. Althoug h Willem and Gerrigje were not wealthy, they maintained their extended household with only a nominal payment by the fugitives: Jules paid a small weekly amount towards room and food, as did Leni and Bernard&Aelig;s parents. The Kosters were a famil y of Resistance activists: two sons, Anton and Jan, were in the armed Resistance and carried out dangerous assignments. With a few other underground workers, they blew up the main railroad leading to Deventer.
On November 20, 1979, Yad Vashem recognized Willem Koster and his wife, Gerrigje Koster-van Laar, as Righteous Among the Nations.

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