Stumbling Stones Heirweg 38

Lived here:

Salomon Israëls, dealer in manufaktures
Born February 11, 1890 in Visvliet
Deported from Westerbork in 1942
Murdered in Auschwitz on August 9, 1942

Jette Israëls
Born October 7, 1884 in Visvliet
Arrested in 1942 in RKZ Groningen
Deported from Westerbork in 1942
Murdered in Sobibor on March 20, 1943

She lived with her brothers David and Salomon on the Heirweg in Visvliet in the house they had inherited from their parents. Jette and her brothers remained unmarried.
Jette Israëls took care of the housework and she was in the home improvement drawer shop. Everything was sold in the small shop: sheets, pillowcases, stockings, blankets, elastic, yarn, buttons, pins and so on.
Jette Israëls had trouble walking. For her ailment she sought help from a hypnotist in Eenrum.

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Source

• Text: Bert Deelman
• Photos: Bert Deelman