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Joseph van West

Geboren: Amsterdam, 27 augustus 1896
Vermoord: Auschwitz, 28 februari 1943
Bereikte de leeftijd van 46 jaar
Beroep: Diamantbewerker
Blasiusstraat 98 I, Amsterdam

Joseph van West op het Joods Monument

Louis McVeigh Whitaker

I am commemorating Joseph van West, who lived in the same building I live in now.

Born on 27th August, 1896, Joseph first lived at near the Waterlooplein 189 until May, 1905, when the West family moved to Blasiusstraat 121. He trained as a diamond worker.

In 1929 he married Lea Kat, who lived a few doors away with her family at Blasiusstraat 116. Joseph and Lea had three children: Bloeme, Louis and Vogelina. They lived together at Blasiusstraat 98-I.

Joseph was murdered on February 28th, 1943, aged 46. His wife and their three children had been murdered a few weeks earlier.

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