After fleeing Germany and hiding from Nazi occupation in Holland, sisters Gerda ’49 and Doris Bloch ’51 made their way to South Hadley to continue their interrupted education.
Marieke Faber Clarke, 'Ank Faber-Chabot. A Dutchwoman who Sheltered Jews in the Second World War', in: Shirley Ardener e.a. (eds), War and Women across Continents. Autobiographical and Biographical Experiences (New York, Oxoford 2018), p. 35-52.