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Simon Swaab

Simon Swaab was a classmate Margot Frank at the Jewish Lyceum.

Person

  • Simon Swaab
  • Amsterdam, Nederland Dec. 22, 1925
  • Auschwitz Jan. 25, 1943

Simon Swaab was the son and eldest of two children of Philip Swaab (1897-1943) and Clara Rodrigues Garcia (1900-1943).[1] His father was a diamond cutter.[2] He had a younger sister: Rachel Swaab (1931-1943).[3]

Simon was a student at the HBS secondary school at Mauritskade 58 in Amsterdam.[4] As Jewish students and teachers were banned from attending regular schools from 1 September 1941, he had to go to the Jewish Lyceum. He was in class 4B2, which also included Margot Frank.[5]

In October 1942, Simon was admitted to Het Apeldoornsche Bos, a Jewish psychiatric hospital. His parents and sister were sent to Westerbork at the end of 1942, but Simon's mother was also admitted to Het Apeldoornsche Bos in December 1942. During the night of 21 to 22 January 1943, the hospital was evacuated.[6] More than 1,100 patients and staff members were put on a direct transport to Auschwitz.[7] Simon and his mother Clara were murdered there at the end of January.[8] His father Philip and sister Rachel ended up in Camp Vught at the end of February 1943.[9] On 6 and 7 June 1943, two trains carrying Jewish children and their parents left Camp Vught for Westerbork, including Rachel Swaab and her father. They were then deported to the Sobibor extermination camp on 8 June 1943.[10] There were 3,017 people on board this infamous Kindertransport, including nearly 1,300 children. They were murdered immediately after their arrival on 11 June 1943.[11]

Source personal data.[1] Addresses: Weesperzijde 47-I, Amsterdam; 2e Jan Steenstraat 43hs (October 1939).[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Simon Swaab.
  2. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart Philip Swaab; Archiefkaart Clara Rodrigues Garcia.
  3. ^ Joods Monument: Rachel Swaab.
  4. ^ On 17 July 1941, headmaster C.G. Gerrits submitted a list of all Jewish students at his school. The list contained a total of 47 names, including that of Maurits Rodrigues. Four days later, Gerrits sent a letter to add another Jewish student to the list: SAA, Archief van de Secretarie, Afdeling Onderwijs (toegang: 5191), inv. nr. 7410: Opgave 3e Hogere Burgerschool met Vijfjarige Cursus, 17 juli 1941, Ingekomen lijsten van middelbare scholen met opgave van aanwezige Joodse leerlingen.
  5. ^ NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust en Genocidestudies, Amsterdam, W.S.H. Elte (toegang 181e), inv. nr. 2f: Absentenregister klas 4BII Joods Lyceum, 1 maart – 17 juli 1942. Dienke Hondius identificeerde de verkeerde leerling in haar boek over het Joods Lyceum. Dienke Hondius, Absent:  herinneringen aan het Joods Lyceum Amsterdam, 1941-1943, Amsterdam: Vassallucci, 2001, p. 282. Zij noemt daar Samuel Swaab, maar in het Absentenregister is sprake van 'Swaab S 2e J. Steenstraat 43'. Daar woonde Simon Swaab met zijn ouders.
  6. ^ Namen Holocaust-slachtoffers Het Apeldoornsche Bosch, de Stentor, 21 januari 2013.
  7. ^ Arolsen Archives - International Center on Nazi Persecution, Bad Arolsen, Joodsche Raad Cartotheek: DocID: 130383539 (Simon SWAAB); DocID: 130383194 (Clara SWAAB RODRIGUES GARCIA)
  8. ^ Arolsen Archives, List of names of Jewish victims of the Nazi regime in the Netherlands 1941 - 1945, DocID: 5153343 en DocID: 5153348.
  9. ^ Arolsen Archives, Administratie Kamp Vught: DocID: 412262 (PHILIP SWAAB); DocID: 412273 (RACHEL SWAAB).
  10. ^ Arolsen Archives - International Center on Nazi Persecution, Bad Arolsen, Joodsche Raad Cartotheek: DocID: 130383465 (Rachel SWAAB); DocID: 130383454 (Philip SWAAB).
  11. ^ Stichting Sobibor: Transport 15; In 2017 bleek dat er een jongen uit kamp Vught was ontkomen aan het Kindertransport en dat hij de oorlog wel had overleefd: Overlevende van beruchte kindertransporten bij herdenking kamp Vught, NOS Nieuws, 10 juni 2018.

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