Fritz de Jonge

Fritz (Friedrich Wilhelm) de Jonge was born on October 24, 1876 in Weener, East Frisia. There were several families named de Jonge in Weener, who originally came from the Netherlands. Fritz is probably the son of the butcher Abraham de Jonge and his wife Elise de Jonge, née Wolff, and thus the youngest brother of Benjamin de Jonge (born 1873) and Simon de Jonge (born 1874).

Fritz de Jonge lived in Stade from 1910 and last lived there at Im Neuwerk 4, where Johanna Schragenheim was also quartered in 1941. From 1939, several members of the Jewish community in Stade were probably forced to move into his house by order of the National Socialists.

After the death of his wife Elfriede on December 5, 1941, Fritz de Jonge was forced to move to the Grüpelingen Jewish retirement home in Bremen in January 1942.

From there, he was deported to Theresienstadt, where he died on October 9, 1942.