The Genealogy Page of Jorge Heredia and Heleen Sittig

Benjamin Leo Wessels

[1988]

28 Sep 1926 - 22 Mar 1945

  • OCCUPATION: Student
  • BIRTH: 28 Sep 1926, Oostvoorne
  • DEATH: 22 Mar 1945, Bergen-Belsen
Father: Izaak Wessels
Mother: Antje van Dijk 

                                               _Levie Nathan Wessels __+
                                              | (1795 - 1860) m 1842   
                       _Nathan Levie Wessels _|
                      | (1849 - 1927) m 1883  |
                      |                       |_Saartje Levie _________+
                      |                         (1810 - 1882) m 1842   
 _Izaak Wessels ______|
| (1886 - 1943) m 1921|
|                     |                        _Isack de Wit __________+
|                     |                       | (1816 - 1868) m 1849   
|                     |_Carolina de Wit ______|
|                       (1854 - 1932) m 1883  |
|                                             |_Sara Emanuel __________+
|                                               (1826 - ....) m 1849   
|
|--Benjamin Leo Wessels 
|  (1926 - 1945)
|                                              _Benjamin van Dijk _____+
|                                             | (1810 - 1872) m 1845   
|                      _Francis van Dijk _____|
|                     | (1850 - 1918) m 1880  |
|                     |                       |_Regina Kramer _________+
|                     |                         (1817 - 1877) m 1845   
|_Antje van Dijk _____|
  (1887 - 1943) m 1921|
                      |                        _Isaac van Dijk ________+
                      |                       | (1817 - 1875) m 1852   
                      |_Clara van Dijk _______|
                        (1855 - 1928) m 1880  |
                                              |_Elisabeth van Leeuwen _+
                                                (1822 - 1880) m 1852

[1988]
A series remains of 33 postcards and letters from Benjamin Leo Wessels, first from Amsterdam (dated from 13 October 1942 through 26 September 1943) and later from Westerbork (dated 3 November 1943). There is also a drawing of the house where Ben Leo Wessels lived with his parents (A92 Stationsweg, Oostvoorne).
Jewish Historical Museum, Documentenverzameling 7825 t/m 7858, 7862

The letters written by Benjamin Leo Wessels form the basis of the book Ben's story. Holocaust letters with selections from the Dutch underground press written by K.W. Bolle, published by the Southern Illinois University Press in 2001.

Source: Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands