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André Jacques Polanus

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9 Jul 1923 - 1944

  • BIRTH: 9 Jul 1923, Amsterdam
  • DEATH: 1944, Auschwitz
Father: Andries Polanus
Mother: Emelia van Weezel 

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 _Andries Polanus ____|
| (1877 - 1943) m 1903|
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|--André Jacques Polanus 
|  (1923 - 1944)
|                                            _Moses Levie van Weezel _+
|                                           | (1816 - ....) m 1840    
|                      _Juda van Weezel ____|
|                     | (1852 - ....) m 1875|
|                     |                     |_Cato Salomon Davidson __
|                     |                       (1820 - ....) m 1840    
|_Emelia van Weezel __|
  (1876 - 1943) m 1903|
                      |                      _Sodik Cohen ____________+
                      |                     | (1819 - 1892) m 1850    
                      |_Grietje Cohen ______|
                        (1853 - 1884) m 1875|
                                            |_Martha Brandes _________+
                                              (1816 - 1875) m 1850

[7772]
André Jacques Polanus was unmarried. He was a professional repairer of fountain pens. He provided the resistance with formulas for making explosives and probably also building instructions for radio equipment. After he was caught, André Jacques Polanus was deported to Birkenau via Amsterdam (the prison at the Weteringschans), Bochum and Wolfenbüttel.
//NIOD, Erelijst Verzet en Koopvaardij, database made by J.W. de Leeuw;
B. Braber, Zelfs als wij zullen verliezen. Joden in verzet en illegaliteit in Nederland 1940-1945 (Amsterdam, 1990) 54//