Leopold Davids

1872 - 1943  (70 years)

• Name	Leopold Davids
  Born	23 Oct 1872	Darfeld, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Hebrew Birth	21 Tis 5633
  Deportation	1943	Westerbork CC
  	Deported from Gouda to Westerbork CC
  Holocaust	There are almost no surviving photos of my parents or my paternal grandparents, except for one very small, old childhood photo of my father and his siblings standing together in their home town Darfeld (Westphalia); the picture is in very bad condition and the image is too vague to warrant attachment. Photo of the gravesite marker of Leopold Davids at Diemen Cemetery, taken in 1947 when it was unveiled by his son Paul Davids (my biological uncle who adopted me into his family shortly afterwards and took me with him to his home in South Africa). Leopold died at Westerbork at age 70, probsbly from kidney failure, as we were given to believe that he was receiving dialysis treatment while residing in Gouda. He was cremated in Westerbork, courtesy of the Nazi instructions to the Judenrat. With special Rabbinical permission, Leopold's ashes, in an urn at Westerbork, were retrieved by the Red Cross and given to Paul for burial. Since Julie died in Sobibor, as did two of her and Leopold's children and their spouses, they have no grave, so Paul ensured that their names were included on the memorial inscription. Martha Neuhaus-Davids and Artur Neuhaus were survived by their only child, my cousin Marian, who was hidden in Holland and was adopted by one of Artur's surviving brothers in New York. Leopold Davids lived in the Central Jewish Old Men-and Womenhouse at the Oosthaven 31 in Gouda. He has died on 16 May 1942 in Westerbork transit camp and he was cremated on 18 May 1943. The urn with his ashes was placed on the Jewish cemetry in Diemen on field U, row 6, grave number 24.  [1, 2]
  Holocaust Victim	Y
  Hebrew Death	11 Iya 5703
  Immigration	Netherlands
  Residence	Darfeld, Germany
  Residence	Gouda, Netherlands
  	Central Jewish Old Men-and Womenhouse at the Oosthaven 31
  Died	16 May 1943	Westerbork CC
  Person ID	I14772	Blank Family
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2010

  
  

  Family	Julie Cohen,   b. 3 Dec 1870, Dinslaken, Germany ,   d. 23 Jul 1943, Sobibor CC  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. Alfred Davids,   b. 6 Aug 1908, Darfeld, Germany ,   d. 2 Apr 1943, Sobibor CC  (Age 34 years)   2. Paul Davids,   b. 4 May 1911, Darfeld, Germany ,   d. 7 Nov 1997, San Diego, CA, USA  (Age 86 years)   3. Martha Davids,   b. 16 Jul 1905, Darfeld, Germany ,   d. 5 Mar 1943, Sobibor CC  (Age 37 years)
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2010
  Family ID	F10591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 23 Oct 1872 - Darfeld, Germany Deportation - 1943 - Westerbork CC Immigration - - Netherlands Residence - - Darfeld, Germany Residence - - Gouda, Netherlands Died - 16 May 1943 - Westerbork CC  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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  Headstones

  Davids Family Tombstone

  
  

  Holocaust Records

  Page of Testimony of Leopold Davids

  
  

• Sources

  [S464] E-mail message, from Harry Davids. [S329] Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands.