Salomon van Thijn
Salomon van Thijn was a travelling companion of Otto Frank during the repatriation from Auschwitz.
Salomon van Thijn was a book printer, although originally he worked as a structural engineer. He married Ella Philips in 1936.[1] They were sent to Auschwitz in November 1944.[2] He later remarried Hertha Cohn, although the date of the wedding is unknown.
Van Thijn survived Auschwitz and travelled on the same transport as Otto Frank to the Netherlands via Odessa and Marseille. Others included Barend Konijn, Salomon Lievendag and Josef Wolf. Frank put in his notebook that he kept at this time: “Van ǀ Tijn (Printer)”.[3]
Van Thijn was most likely the fellow inmate who delivered a short eulogy at the funeral of Barend Konijn in 1964. He recalled how Konijn succeeded in reconsidering his “reckless decision” to join the evacuation marches from Auschwitz. It was a statement of Joséphine Konijn that was read out by his camp friend Van Thijn at the funeral of her father.[4]
Source personal data.[1][5] Addresses: Wageningen; Utrecht; Apeldoorn; Jan Kruijffstraat 41b, Rotterdam (1935).[1]
Footnotes
- a, b, c Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Gezinskaarten, losbladig bevolkingsregister van hoofdbewoners en gezinnen, Rotterdam: Gezinskaart S. van Thijn.
- ^ Zie http://www.joodsmonument.nl/page/358344 (geraadpleegd 6 april 2016).
- ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_040: Notitieboekje met verslag terugkeer Otto Frank, 16 januari – 3 juni 1945.
- ^ Privébezit Joséphine Konijn: Tekst anonieme grafrede, zonder datum (mei 1964).
- ^ Familiebericht, Nieuw Israëlitisch Weekblad, 26 maart 1983.