Aon de Mozes VAZ DIAS

Vaz Dias

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Aon de Mozes VAZ DIAS, birth 20 Aug 1856 Amsterdam, Nh, Holland, died 18 Mar 1917 Amsterdam, Nederland, buried 19 Mar 1917 Beth Haim, son of Mozes de Jacob VAZ DIAS and Rebecca de Salomon VAZ DIAS
Occupation: Tailor
Married 26 Feb 1880 Amsterdam, Nederland to:
Debora BRANDON BRAVO, birth 25 May 1861 Amsterdam, Nh, Holland, died 1 Jan 1916 Amsterdam, Nh, Holland, buried 4 Jan 1916 Beth Haim, Amsterdam, NH, Holland, daughter of Isaac BRANDON BRAVO and Esther RODRIGUES de MIRANDA

1) Rebecca de Aron VAZ DIAS, birth 6 Nov 1881 Amsterdam, Nh, Holland, died 7 Jul 1944 Germany
Later lived in Mauvestraat 50, Amsterdam, Netherlands

From the Digitaal Monument Joodse Gemeenschap:
Deze personen staan in de bron als één gezin bij elkaar, de relaties tussen gezinsleden zijn ook uit deze bron afkomstig.

'Van dit gezin of van een van de andere gezinsleden zijn ook JOKOS-dossiers (nummers 54343, 25190 ) aanwezig op het Gemeentearchief van Amsterdam. Voor inzage is toestemming nodig van de stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.'

Rebecca Vaz Dias was married to Meijer van Moppes. The couple had five children. Their first child died a few days after she was born. Of the remaining children, only Sara van Moppes lived with her mother during the war. One child survived the war . Shortly before the war, Meijer van Moppes died. to:
Meier van MOPPES, birth 26 Jul 1895 Amsterdam, Nederland, died 1940, son of Jacob van MOPPES and N.N.
Meijer van Moppes was a rag trader / diamond worker / street trader (lompen... / Diamant werker / venter).

The family card notes that on 18 Nov 1914 he married Esther van Baver born 27 Dec 1890, NI, deceased 20 Jun 1923 in the Wilhelmina Gasthuis).

They lived in Rapenburgstraat 39 (near Waterlooplein, centre of former jewish street trade). The street name is an educated guess as it is difficult to read. There were no children. On the reverse side of the family card is mentioned a Gerard Mu llers (19 Jun 1918 in Valburg); an illegitemate child to Geertruida Aleida Muller.

2) Esther de Aron VAZ DIAS, birth 10 Nov 1882 Amsterdam, Nederland, died 5 Feb 1943 Auschwitz
BIRTH: Reported elsewhere as 8 May 1886. Penha's date is 10/11/1882.

3) Moses de Aron VAZ DIAS, birth 15 Nov 1883 Amsterdam, Nh, Holland, died 7 Sep 1942 Auscwhwitz, Germany
Mozes Vaz Dias was a salesman in a shop and later worked in a warehouse (winkel, magazijnbediende). In 1931 he is registered as a traveling salesman (handelsreiziger).

He married Lea de Boers at Weesp in 1909 at weesp and lived in the 2e Jan van der Heydenstraat. This was a better location in the Albert Cuyp buurt)

On 5 May 1914, the family moved to Kuiperstraat 24 in the same neighbourhood and left there on 5 May 1916 to Zandvoort, where a further two children were born.

Except for Anna the family was recorded as having moved again on 28 Jan 1931 to Andreas Bonnstraat 20 in Aamsterdam ( to the Transvaalbuurt, which was a new housing area preferred by 'upwardly' Jewish labourers).

On 21 Apr 1937 the family moved again to Volkerakstraat 3, a house in the 'rivierenbuurt', Plan Zuid van Berlage, the famous Amsterdam housining project.

Before they left Amsterdam some other family relations lived with them and were registered on the same family card. They are:
Heintje Meyerson ( Greatsister in law (behoz) born 12 Jan 1855, and died about 21 Feb 1916, widow of Jacob de Boers (1851). There were also four brrothers in law:
Isaac de Boers, born 29 Apr 1895 at Amsterdam, tailor (kleermaker). Also moved to Zandvoort.
Meyer de Boers, born 6 Oct 1891 at Amsterdam, warehouseman (magazijndediende).
Mozes de Boers, born 10 Jan 1881 at Amsterdam, day laabourer (los werkman). He left for Duisberg, Germany.
Aaron de Boers, born 21 Mar 1890 at Amsterdam, baker (bakker). Moved to Dordrecht, Nederland.
Married 9 Feb 1909 Weesp, Holland to:
Lea COHEN de BOERS, birth 26 Mar 1886 Amsterdam, Holland, died 5 Feb 1943 Auschwitz

4) Hanna (Anna) de Aron VAZ DIAS, birth 13 Feb 1885 Amsterdam, Nederland, died 28 May 1943 Sobibor to:
Hartog de BOERS, birth 12 May 1887 Amsterdam, Nederland, died 28 May 1943 Sobibor

5) Izak (Jacques) de Aron VAZ DIAS, birth 16 Aug 1886 Amsterdam, Nederland, died 13 Nov 1942 Auswhwitz
DEATH: Taken to Werkkamp Westhaven on 10/11/1942.

6) Jacob de Aron VAZ DIAS, birth 28 Jan 1888 Amsterdam, Nederland, died 7 Sep 1942 Auscwhwitz to:
Helena CLARENBURG, birth 13 Dec 1889 Amsterdam, died 19 Nov 1943 Auschwitz

7) David de Aron VAZ DIAS, birth 18 May 1889 Amsterdam, Nederland, died 1969 Amsterdam, Holland, buried 20 May 1969 Beth Haim
Huw.DTB. 407 bl. 59
Occupation: Kleermaker (Taylor), Coupeur
Defintion of Coupier (in dutch):
Als coupeur werk je meestal op een naai-atelier van een kleermaker of voor een confectiebedrijf zoals bijvoorbeeld een sportkledingfabriek/atelier. Je kan ook zelfstandig werken als coupeur. Meestal krijg je een duidelijke opdracht met aanwijzinge n welke patronen en technieken je moet gebruiken. Uiteindelijk maak je als coupeur volledige kledingstukken en/of kledingaccessoires zoals sjaals. Het werk bestaat uit het tekenen van de patronen op de stof daarna knip/snijd je de stof.Deze stukke n stof worden aan elkaar gespeld en vervolgens aan elkaar genaaid. Naast knippen en naaien moet je ook knopen en ritsen bevestigen. Als pompier verstel je meestal kleding uit winkels voor klanten.
Married 15 Sep 1910 to:
Helena LEEUW (LEUW), birth 1889, died 1941 Amsterdam, Nederland, buried 19 Jan 1941 Beth Haim

8) Betsy de Aron VAZ DIAS, birth 9 Oct 1891 Amsterdam, Nederland, died 21 May 1943 Sobibor to:
Meyer de BOERS, birth 6 Oct 1891 Amsterdam, Nederland, died 27 Aug 1943 Auschwitz
Worked in AMsterdam as a 'magazijnbediende (warehouseman).

9) Michel de Aron VAZ DIAS, birth 1 Jan 1894, died 1908 Amsterdam, Nederland, buried 15 Jan 1908 Beth Haim

10) Abraham de Aron VAZ DIAS, birth 12 Sep 1896 Amsterdam, Nederland, died 16 Mar 1943 Neukirch
Last living in Saffierstraat 75 in Amsterdam until 10/11/1942. Was a periodicals deliveryman. to:
Rebecca DA COSTA DA FONSECA, birth 29 Aug 1897 Amsterdam, Holland, died 7 Jul 1944 Auschwitz
Last living in Saffierstraat 75 in Amsterdam until 25/2/1944

11) Isidore de Aron VAZ DIAS, birth 19 Jun 1900 Amsterdam, Nederland, died 2 Jul 1942 Neuengamme, Germany
Please note: Where addresses are shown with roman numerals in brackets, ie (II), this indicates the floor number of their address. The tenement buildings were divided in floors with a familiy living on each floor.

At the time of his marriage, Isidore was 20 years old and Johanna was 25 years old. Isidore was still a minor. As both his parents were deceased, Meier van Moppes, his brother in Law and husband of his eldest sister played a role in the marriage .

Isidore was of Portuguese Jewish descent and Johanna of the Dutch reformed (Nederlands Hervormd) denomination.

After their marriage they were registered on 4 Jan 1921 as living at Haarlemmerweg 65 (I). Soon afterwards (on 27 Jan 1921) they moved out of Amsterdam and went to The Hague (s'Gravenhage) above a cigar shop in the Kempstraat. The shop wasnot th eir own, but belonged to a man who owned many cigar shops.. Moeder helped serving the customers and Isidore decorated all the shop window displays. He was quite artistic. When they left the shop they moved to the Scheperstraat 125.

Later on they moved to Bussum where they took over a a barbershop. They did not live near the shop but in the Hildegardestraat. The busines failed as the people of Bussum 'would rather walk an extra half hour to another barber then be serve d by an 'Amsterdammer'.

Margaretha and Debora were born in Scheveningen, near The Hague. They were named, as was the custom, after their grandmothers.

On 5 Oct 1927, the family moved back to Amsterdam (according to the family card). Isidore was then nearly 27, Johanna was 32, and the girls were 6 and 3 years old.

The family moved frequently for a while. On 5 Oct 1927, they moved to Albert Cuypstraat 114 (I). Six months later (27 Mar 1928) they moved to Perlakstraat 15, which was then a brand new district in the east of Amsterdam known as the 'Indische Bu urt'. Fourteen days later (12 Apr 1928) they moved back to the AlbertCuyp-'buurt' to Daniel Stalperstraat 101, and to Van Ostadestraat 16 (I) on 20 Jul 1931.

In 1932 they settled in the Indische Buurt for permenant residence; 9 Mar 1932 to Sumatrastraat 246 (II); 26 Apr 1933 to Kramatweg 94 and on 9 Nov 1936 to Preangerstraat 22 (II).

When the family moved back to Amsterdam Isidore had the religious denomination of all the family members changed to none- (geen). It should be noted that the civil regstrar only changed the religion at the express request of the head of thefamily .

Isidore's profession is stated as 'barbier', an old term for hairdresser or barber. The term used later was that of 'kapper', the modern term for Barber.

Mum remembers that her father, Isidore, sold tobacco and smoking implements as well.

Before and during the war Isidore was the president/chairman of the Allotment committee. He was much respected in his community and very active in his work.

Isidore was captured on 1 July 1941 and held at the prison on the Weteringschans in Amsterdam. From there he was deported to Neuengamme via camps at Schoorl and Amersfort. He died on 2 July 1942. He reached the age of42 years.

Also living at Preangerstraat 6 II was listed a Salomon Levit and Alida Levit-Scheffer.

Living next door at Preangerstraat 4 II lived the family of Simon Kolper and Eva Kolper-de Vries, whilst at number 4 I lived the family of Benjamin Emden.

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Isidore Vaz Dias, kapper, was getrouwd. Het echtpaar had vier kinderen. Het gezin woonde in Amsterdam. Isidore Vaz Dias deed verzetswerk voor de Communistische Partij Nederland (CPN), onder meer verspreiding van kranten en pamfletten.

Communistische Partij van Nederland. Tijdens de oorlog werd vanuit deze partij veel verzet georganiseerd.

Activiteiten die tot doel hadden weerstand te bieden tegen de bezetter. Vormen van verzet waren onder meer: het helpen onderduiken van mensen die vervolgd werden, het drukken en verspreiden van illegale kranten, het plegen van sabotage en alle kle ine en grote daden waarmee personen zich keerden tegen de bezettingspolitiek.
In Nederland heeft een groot aantal verzetsgroepen bestaan. Enkele hiervan zijn: de Landelijke Organisatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers (LO) en de daaraan verbonden Landelijke Knokploegen (LKP); de NV-groep, Kriterion, het Utrechts Kindercomi té, de Trouw-groep, de Ordedienst (OD), de Oranje Vrijbuiters, De Nederlandse Volksmilitie, de Westerweel-groep, de groep-Gerritsen, CS-6, de Raad van Verzet en het kunstenaarsverzet waarin Gerrit van der Veen een belangrijke rol heeft vervuld.

Hij is op 1 juli 1941 opgepakt en opgesloten in de gevangenis aan de Weteringschans in Amsterdam. Vandaar is hij via de kampen Schoorl en Amersfoort naar Neuengamme op transport gesteld. Zijn echtgenote heeft de oorlog overleefd.

NIOD, Erelijst Verzet en Koopvaardij, database vervaardigd door dhr J.W. de Leeuw

In het Noord-Hollandse Schoorl was één van de vier Nederlandse concentratiekampen ondergebracht. De andere drie kampen waren Westerbork, Vught en Amersfoort.
In Schoorl waren gedurende de bezetting voornamelijk in Nederland wonende Fransen, Engelsen en Belgen geïnterneerd. Ten tijde van de eerste grote razziaÒa€Ös zijn uit Amsterdam afkomstige joden in Schoorl bijeengebracht voordat zij naar Büchenwa ld en Mauthausen werden afgevoerd.

Isidore Vaz Dias, a hairdresser was married to a non-Jewish woman. He and his wife had four children. The family lived in Amsterdam. Isidore Vaz Dias did resistance work for the Dutch communist party (CPN), including distribution of newspapers an d leaflets.
He was caught on 1 July 1941 and held at the prison on the Weteringschans in Amsterdam. He was deported from there to Neuengamme via the camps at Schoorl and Amersfoort. His wife survived the war.
NIOD, Erelijst Verzet en Koopvaardij, database vervaardigd door dhr J.W. de Leeuw

In 1937 Isidore Vaz Dias was leader of the propaganda service of the 'Internationale Rode Hulp' (International Red Aid), department 'Noord-Holland', of the CPN.
Archief Centrale Inlichtingendienst to:
Johanna Louisa Petronella JONKMAN, birth 13 Jun 1895 Rotterdam, Holland, died 4 Apr 1980, daughter of Daniel Jacobus JONKMAN and Margaretha Alberta de VRIES
Johanna was a Costume / Suit Seamstress (Costuumnaaister).

Johanna Jonkman applied to have her late husband, Isidore Vaz Dias (my maternal grandfather) be listed in the Honours List - 'Eerelijst der namen van hen, die voor het vaderland zijn gevallen'. It is filled out in Johanna's own handwriting and wa s successful in Isidore being listed in the Honours List.

He was honoured specifically as having fallen during the war for 'being a member of the CPN and having spread newspapers and pamphlets' ('Als lid van de C.P.N. kranten en pamfletten helpen versrpeiden.')

She was twice asked to include a photo with the application but she was unable to supply one. This may suggest that all photos were destroyed in case of house to house searches during the occupation which may have endangered the family.

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