Betsie Ilse Blumenthal-van Dam

Leo Blumenthal was a son of Jakob Blumenthal and Klara Karolina Hecht. He was born 26 February 1907 in Fulda (D) and he earned his money as a merchant in leather goods. It is not known how many siblings Leo had but it is certain that he had a brother Markus, who was born 22 May 1908 in Fulda and another brother Lothar Ludwig, who was born there in 1920.

Leo arrived in 1934 with his parents in Amst…

Ouders Maurits van Dam en Betty Rosenthal. Zus van Liselotte *22-05-1912 Soest/D. en Ruth *30-09-1921 Soest/D.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 18447) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 1142/2496).

De overlevende zoon respectievelijk broer van Jakob, Leo en Lothar Blumenthal werd in 1943 gefotografeerd door de fotografe Annemie Wolff. Meer over Jakob en Lothar Blumenthal, en Leo en diens gezin, is te lezen in onderstaand boek.
Tamara Becker en An Huitzing, Op de foto in oorlogstijd: Studio Wolff, 1943 (Eindhoven 2017) 195, 199-200.