Bloeme van West-van West

Bloeme van West was born in Amsterdam on 23 March 1877 as a daughter of Joseph Mozes  van West and Vrouwtje Wijnman. As a 15-year old girl she married on 8 March 1893 the 21-year old diamond polisher Hartog van West, a son of Manuel van West and Klara Wurms. Hartog was born on 27 August 1871 in Amsterdam.

The Van West-Van West couple had nine children, of whom the first one, named Joseph, was born…

Bloemen van West had, voor zover ik heb kunnen nagaan, zes kleinkinderen. Van Emanuel - Schoontje (1919), van zoon Joseph - Bloeme (1932), Louis (1934), Vogelina (1936), van Marianne Abram - Dina (1927) en Harry (1933)

In addition, a Jokos file (number 9864) 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 :

- securities or bonds. (W-claim, number C 55 / 2317)

- valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 13076 / 7353)