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David Sluijs was the first of the two children of Ezechiel Sluijs and Vrouwtje Bierman. He was born on July 1, 1917 in the then independent municipality of Watergraafsmeer and he was a metalworker by trade. He married Elisabeth de Goede on 26 March 1941 in Amsterdam, a seamstress by trade and a daughter of Levie de Goede and Rachel Pais.

David was born at Nieuweweg 41 in Watergraafsmeer. With his parents he moved to Amsterdam, in 1919 to Nieuwe Kerkstraat and in 1925 to Tugelaweg 36 I and in 1929 to nr. 39 III. Elisabeth de Goede lived at 2e Jan Steenstraat108 III in Amsterdam, moved to Hilversum in September 1938 but returned to Amsterdam on 30 July 1940 and then moved in with the Sluijs family at Tugelaweg 39 III.

After they were married in March 1941, David and Elisabeth moved into living quarters at Alexanderkade 1 upstairs, opposite the Mauritskade in Amsterdam-East. On February 22, 1942, they moved into a house at 108 III Retiefstraat, where they became the parents of Rachel Vrouwtje Sluijs, who was born there on March 9, 1942. She survived the Shoah.

Her mother, Elisabeth de Goede, on the other hand, was taken to Westerbork on October 14, 1942, where she ended up in the sick barrack 83. Her husband David Sluijs had a so-called “Sperrung” because of his work from June 18, 1942 as a metalworker at Werkspoor.

When Elisabeth was in Westerbork, she also applied for a Sperre "because of her husband" but this was refused to her and on October 19, 1942 she was deported to Auschwitz and upon arrival there on October 22, 1942 she was immediately put in the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau murdered.

However, David Sluijs only arrived in Westerbork on December 9, 1942, from where he was deported to Auschwitz on December 12, 1942 with the last transport of that year. The transport with a total of 757 deportees arrived in Auschwitz, probably on the 14th or 15th of December.

David Sluijs was selected upon arrival on the “Rampe” to carry out work, inside or outside the camp, but it is not known where he ended up and when and under what circumstances he died.

Therefore, after the war, Dutch authorities determined - partly on the basis of testimonies of survivors, repatriates, investigations and other information - that David Sluijs could no longer be alive after February 28, 1943. The municipality of Amsterdam was then instructed to draw up a death certificate for him, which states that David Sluijs died on 28 February 1943 in Auschwitz.

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