Stolpersteine Kleine Berg 63

The de Jongh family lived here, consisting of two sisters and three brothers. They are the sons and daughters of Benjamin de Jongh (1843-1925) and Eva Keijzer (1855-1925) who have a total of thirteen children. The De Jongh family has a hardware store. The business premises of the Benjamin de Jongh firm are built in 1912 behind the house on Kleine Berg. Benjamin de Jongh is popularly called "Jew de Jongh". Carolina de Jongh was born in Eindhoven on November 4, 1881 and Maurits de Jongh on November 29, 1886. Maurits is a merchant and lives in Koblenz, Germany for a while before returning to Eindhoven. Abraham de Jongh was born on November 11, 1892. He returned to Eindhoven in 1941 from Wuppertal, Germany. Philip de Jongh was born on May 2, 1894. Bolea de Jongh was born on November 9, 1895. Maurits, Philip and Bolea were in hiding for a while, but were arrested. Carolina, Abraham, Philip and Bolea de Jongh are taken to Westerbork between 9 and 13 August 1943. From there they are deported to Auschwitz on August 24, 1943, where they are murdered on August 27, 1943. Maurits de Jongh is murdered in Auschwitz on January 31, 1944. After Carolina, Maurits, Abraham. Philip and Bolea were deported, the house was made available to the district nurses in December 1942. Izaak Levie ltalie was born on February 20, 1864 in Nijmegen. In 1875 he came to Eindhoven from Enschede. He has a business "De Nieuwe Gaper" at Stratumseind 14 where he sells men's fashion, beds and curtains. The business is later taken over by his son Karel. Son Karel and daughter-in-law Fanny, who also live at Stratumseind 14, survive the war. Izaak Italy is deported from Westerbork to Sobibor on 2 March 1943. More than seven weeks later, on April 23, 1943, he was murdered there.