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Joseph Wolf

Joseph Wolf was a travelling companion of Otto Frank during the repatriation from Auschwitz.

Person

  • Joseph Matthijs Wolf
  • Amsterdam, Nederland April 16, 1878
  • Bloemendaal, Nederland July 9, 1951

Until May 1940, Wolf lived on the edge of the part of Rotterdam that was destroyed by the bombardment of 14 May 1940. He worked as a diamond cutter, commercial traveller [1] and metal goods manufacturer, among other things.[2] He was registered in Westerbork on 19 August 1944, where he ended up in barrack 67, the penal barrack. From Westerbork he went on the transport of 3 September 1944 to Auschwitz.[3] This was the last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz, which also included the people in hiding from the Secret Annex.

Without being in the mixed marriage category, he survived the arrival selection, despite his advanced age. His wife Rebecca Minden did not pass this selection.[4] Joseph Wolf accompanied Otto Frank when he was repatriated from Auschwitz. Otto wrote in his notebook on 16 April 1945: J. Wolf's birthday (67). They were in Czernowitz at that time.[5] They both made the journey from Odessa to Marseille aboard the MS Monowai.

Source personal data.[6] Addresses: Plantageweg 59b, Rotterdam (May1937), Burgemeester Meineszlaan 75b, Rotterdam (21 May1940).[6] Graaf Florisstraat 112a, Amsterdam (1947); Smaragdstraat 5 II (1948); Bloemendaal (1951).[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Joseph Matthijs Wolf.
  2. ^ Nederlandse Rode Kruis (NRJ), Bureau Oorlogsnazorg, document WBK 1066: Transportlijst Westerbork – Auschwitz, 3 september 1944.
  3. ^ NRK, Bureau Oorlogsnazorg, document WBK 1066: Transportlijst Westerbork – Auschwitz, 3 september 1944; Arolsen Archives – International Center on Persecution, Bad Arolsen, Joodsche Raad Cartotheek: DocID: 130402526 (Matthijs WOLF).
  4. ^ Stadsarchief Rotterdam (SAR), Burgerlijke Stand, overlijdensregisters (toegang 999-09), inv. nr. 1952V1, folio V1-054v, akte 1952.318: overlijdensakte Rebecca Minden.
  5. ^ Anne Frank Stichting, Anne Frank Collectie, Otto Frank Archief, reg. code OFA_040: Notitieboekje 1945, 16 april 1945.
  6. a, b SAR, Archief van de gemeentesecretarie, afdeling Bevolking (toegang 494-03), Bevolkingsboekhouding van Rotterdam en geannexeerde gemeenten: Gezinskaart J.M. Wolf.

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