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Abraham Witjas, birth 6 Oct 1873 Amsterdam, died ? WW2, occupation: Diamond-polisher, son of Isaac Witjas and Matje Schoolmeester According to Eddy Witjas the familyname is derived from the Russian word for knight. But there are different possibities. It has most probably to do with Chay Riffen - Agsteribbe. Married 24 Sep 1902 Amsterdam to: Marianne de Vries, birth 29 Nov 1872 Amsterdam, died AB.1943 Auschwitz, daughter of Elkan Hartog de Vries and Schoontje Lissauer |
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1) Mathea-Thea Witjas, birth 3 Aug 1902 Amsterdam, died WW2 Auschwitz
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Abraham-Bram Sweyd, birth 30 Aug 1902 Amsterdam, died WW2 Auschwitz |
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2) Netty-Schoontje Witjas, birth 24 Dec 1904 Amsterdam, died WW2
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Jonas Polak, birth 11 Nov 1894 Amsterdam, died WW2 Auschwitz |
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3) Isidoor Witjas, birth 10 Dec 1907 Amsterdam, died 18 Jun 1935 Antwerpen Isidoor - Ies, as he was called - died young of tuberculosis. |
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4) Eddy-Eliazar Witjas, birth 11 Sep 1910 Amsterdam, baptised 6 AV 5759, died 18 Jul 1999 Haarlem, buried 20 Jul 1999 Haarlem, occupation: Businessman
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Rosy Schufer, birth 11 Sep 1912 Bern,Switserland, died 1 Jan 1973 Scheveningen,Holland, buried Haarlem |
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5) Clara Witjas living - details excluded to: Cobus-Jonas Cohen, birth 20 Dec 1908 Amsterdam, died 21 Sep 1956 Sydney,Australia, occupation: Businessman, son of Levie Cohen and Branca Bed Cobus and Clara emigrated to Australia about 1954, upon his failure in business in Amsterdam. After his passing away there Clara returned to Amsterdam with her 2 sons. |