22 Years
Albert Sommer was born on 21 March 1920 in Königsheim, a small town 75 km above Schaffhausen. Together with his twin brother Hugo, he came to the Werkdorp in February 1937. There he worked as a gardener. After the Werkdorp was evacuated on 20 March 1941, they were taken to the Jekerstraat in Amsterdam together with many other Werkdorp people. Albert and Hugo did not move to the Jewish Council Youth Home, they found shelter with the Salomons family.
Together with his brother, Albert was put on the third transport to Auschwitz. One month later he was killed, just like his brother Hugo, on 24 August 1942. Father Bernhard was arrested in 1940 and deported via Gurs to camp Drancy. On 8 August 1942, he was transferred to Auschwitz, where he was killed three weeks later. During those three weeks, Bernhard Sommer and his two sons were in Auschwitz at the same time. Whether they ever saw or spoke to each other is written in the stars. The fate of the twins’ mother is unknown.
Biography
Family
Son of
- Karoline Sommer-Marx * unknown and † unknown
- Bernhard Sommer * 29-10-1887 in Königsheim † 29-08-1942 in Auschwitz
Last address
Tauberbischofsheim
Last known residences in The Netherlands
- 24-02-1937
Werkdorp Wieringen, Nieuwesluizerweg 42, Slootdorp (Wieringen) - 20-03-1941
After the eviction of the Werkdorp deported to Amsterdam - 21-03-1941
Amsterdam, Jekerstraat 5-II - 30-05-1942
Amsterdam, Roerstraat 75-II - 21-07-1942
On the third deportation to Auschwitz