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Stolperstein in memory of Samuel Simon
Samuel Selig Simon was born in Jersey on 3 June 1862. He married Beatrice Nicolle, who was a Gentile (not Jewish); they had one daughter and two sons. As was the requirement, Samuel registered as a Jew in October 1940. No other members of his family were regarded by the German administration as Jewish.
The implementation of the anti-Semitic Orders in the Islands had an immeasurable effect upon the lives of the registered Jews, as each traumatising measure placed further restrictions upon their freedom, singling them out from the rest of the community.
After having been ordered to attend an interview at College House on 16 January 1942, Samuel lived in a terrible state of fear, even keeping the curtains closed all day. By the time his deportation notice finally arrived, he was in a poor state of health.
Shortly before Samuel’s death, the family had moved to their daughter Ella’s home called Elstan in Langley Park, St Saviour. Samuel died on 7 November 1943; his cause of death is recorded as ‘senile myocarditis, cardiac failure’, which was no doubt exacerbated by his persecution. Samuel is buried in St Saviour’s churchyard, section 3, row 13, grave number 77. There is currently a headstone.