Joseph Gompers

Joseph Gompers was a son of Levie Gompers and Anna van Kloeten. He was born on 14 October 1901 in Gouda and he was an electrician, commercial traveller and in Tilburg he was also a vendor at the street market there. He married in Tilburg on 30 October 1928 Paulina Hollander, who was born in Antwerp on 23 September 1905 as a daughter of Abraham Hollander from Antwerp and Anna Maria Catherina Verbue…

Joseph Gompers was married to Paulina Hollander. The couple had two daughters, Anna and Maria Anna Catharina. The family lived at 6 Anna Paulownastraat in Tilburg.

Joseph Gompers was summoned to the labour camp at Nijverdal on 31 July 1942. From there he was transferred to Westerbork on 2 October 1942 and deported to Auschwitz. His wife and daughters were deported via Vught concentration camp.
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Wanneer je in de archieven zoekt wie er vanuit Amsterdam, Rotterdam of Den Haag naar de joodse werkkampen in Drenthe werden gezonden, vind je lange lijsten met namen en data. Van de 700 joden, die in Groningen op 10 juli 1942 werden afgevoerd naar de werkkampen in Overijssel, is in de archieven niets meer te vinden. Er wordt beweerd (o.a. Venhuis), dat de vele NSB-burgemeesters die Groningen telde…