Mozes Jacobs

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Mozes Simon Jacobs (born November 26, 1905 in Amsterdam ; died July 9, 1943 in the Sobibor extermination camp ) was a Dutch gymnast .

biography

Mozes Jacobs was a son of Simon Jacobs (1885–1942) and Kaatje Blitz (1885–1942). In 1929 he married Sara Sluijs (1905–1992); the Jewish couple initially lived in Amsterdam and had three daughters. Jacobs was a physical education teacher by profession. He was a member of the Turnvereniging BATO , one of the most famous Jewish gymnastics clubs in Amsterdam.

In 1928 Jacobs took part in the Olympic Games in his hometown of Amsterdam. He started in all gymnastics disciplines and finished eighth with the team in the all-around competition; in the individual ranking he was 60. His teammates were Elias Melkman ( murdered in Auschwitz in 1942 ), Pieter Johan van Dam , Israel Wijnschenk (murdered in Auschwitz in 1943), Willibrordus Bernardus Pouw , Klaas Boot sr. , Jacobus Ferdinand van der Vinden and Hugo Georg Licher . The team's coach was Gerrit Kleerekoper (murdered in Sobibor in 1943). The Dutch women's gymnastics team won the gold medal at these games. Four of these gymnasts were also murdered because of their Jewish origins.

In 1939 the Jacobs family moved from the city of Amsterdam to Hulshorst in the Veluwe forest , because - as one of his daughters later wrote - "it became clear that a major catastrophe was imminent". In May 1940 the Netherlands was occupied by the German Wehrmacht . In 1942 the three daughters were housed at safe addresses, the mother went into hiding for nine months in Verscholen Dorp . Mozes Jacobs himself joined the resistance, took part in acts of sabotage and supported people in hiding . On April 1, 1943, he was arrested in Vierhouten , taken to Westerbork via Arnhem and deported from there to the Sobibor extermination camp. There he was murdered on July 9, 1943.

Jacobs' wife Sara and his daughters survived the end of the war. His three siblings were murdered in the Holocaust .

In July 2013, a stumbling block was laid in front of Mozes Jacobs' last place of residence in Hulshorst, Zandhuisweg 84 . It was the first stumbling block in Nunspeet parish.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baambrugge - Algemene Begraafplaats Rusthoff - graf 77124. In: online-begraafplaatsen.nl. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Mozes Jacobs. In: joodsmonument.nl. February 28, 2006, accessed April 6, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c Nieuwsbrief PJG Noord Nederland - Beth haTsafon, August / September 2013 (PDF file)
  4. ↑ Turnvereniging BATO. In: joodsamsterdam.nl. Retrieved April 6, 2020 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ Mozes Jacobs - Erelijst van Gevallenen 1940-1945. In: erelijst.nl. Retrieved April 6, 2020 (Dutch).
  6. ↑ About Mozes Jacobs. In: joodsmonument.nl. February 28, 2006, accessed April 6, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Stumbling Stone Zandhuisweg 84 - Hulshorst (Nunspeet). In: tracesofwar.com. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Jacobs, Mozes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mozes Simon Jacobs (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch gymnast
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1943
Place of death Sobibor extermination camp