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Magdeburg, 24 September 1882
– Died:Sobibor, 9 July 1943
Curt Elkan was the son of Max Elkan and Käthe Falkenstein. He married Bella Mayer in Amsterdam in 1911. The couple had at least two children: Frits and one child that survived the war. Bella Mayer died in 1938.
Amsterdam Municipal Archives; record card of Curt Elkan
This person is commemorated on a memorial in Vijfhuizen. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.
Berlin Emigrants
The Elkan family lived at Solinger Str. 4 in Berlin-Tiergarten prior to emigrating to Holland after 1933. (Jewish Addressbook Berlin 1931, Berlin Addressbook 1933, Bundesarchiv Gedenkbuch)