Jacques Herman Aa (1913 - 1945)

Born 14 Sep 1913 in Amsterdam, Nord-Holland, Niederlande

Ancestors

Died 16 Apr 1945 at age 31 in Dachau, Landkreis Dachau, Bayern, Deutschland

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Biography

Jaques Herman, jewish according to nazi law, was born on the 14th of September, 1913 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was the son of Ephraïm Aa and Helena Stokking^[1]

In 1935, he married Cornelia Johanna Vermeulen (b. Leiden, Oct 30 1914), living with him in Amsterdam. They had three children: Hella, Frits and Lida^[2]

He was arrested on the 30th of July, put into "Schutzhaft" (Protective custody), 1944 in Amsterdam, and deported first to Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Prisoner Number: 195417), and later on the 28th January 1945 to Concentration Camp Dachau, Germany, most likely detachment "Mühldorf" (Prisoner Number: 139686, Block: 8), were he died on the 16th of April, 1945, 13 days before the liberation of the camp on the 29th of April, 1945. (Noting that the Name Book of the camp notes "liberated at Mühldorf", but the inmates of Mühldorf were liberated on the 29th / 30th April 1945, and the detachment camp itself later on the 1st / 2nd May 1945.

In Concentration Camp Dachau, he was medically attended in the "Revier" (Camp Hospital), starting on the 13th of March, 1945, where he than later died from enteritis (stated in the death report, but nazi's are known to hide real death causes).

Research Notes

• Marriage of parents: 1906
• His wife Cora completed a Page of Testimony for Yad Vashem in 1984. A photo of him is available at the link. She notes that he was at 3 camps: Gross-Rosen, Auschwitz, and Dachau.^[3] Weatherall-96 17:33, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Amsterdam, Militieregisters, archiefnummer 5182, inventarisnummer 4483
2. ↑ Marriage: see Archiefkaarten, archiefnummer 30238, inventarisnummer 1
3. ↑ Yad Vashem, "Testimony of Cora Aa on Jaques Herman Aa," (https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/13881942 : accessed 2024-03-25). Last Name: Aa; First Name: Herman; Title: Dr.; Gender: Male; Date of Birth: 14/09/1913; Place of Birth: Amsterdam,Noordholland,The Netherlands; Father's First Name: Efraim; Mother's First Name: Helena; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's First Name: Cora; Permanent Place of Residence: Amsterdam,Noordholland,The Netherlands; Profession: Economist; Place During the War: Amsterdam,Noordholland,The Netherlands; Place of Death: Dachau,Camp,Germany; Cause of Death: Gas chambers; Status According to Source: murdered; Submitter Name: Cora Aa; Relationship to Victim: Spouse; Source Collection: Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection; Type of Material: Page of Testimony; Item ID: 1885399;

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 June 2018, 15:43), entry for Jacques Herman Aa (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L1QN-183 ); contributed by various users.
• Arolsen Archives - Collection of Personal files of the Concentration Camp Dachau - https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/1-1-6-2_01010602-001-003
• Arolsen Archives - Collection of Arrival Lists of Concentration Camp Dachau - https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/130432915
• Arolsen Archives - Collection of Arrival Lists of Concentration Camp Dachau - https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/9899975
• Arolsen Archives - Collection of Arrival Lists of Concentration Camp Dachau - https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/9908049
• Arolsen Archives - Alphabtic register of prisoners of the Concentration Camp Dachau - https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/9900413