Biography

About Golda Pach

Golda Pach was a daughter of David Pach and Esther Schelvis. She was unmarried and lived still at home with her parents. Her sister Duifje was married in 1942 but lived also still at home.

City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Golda Pach and Duifje Pach.

Golda Pach joined the Hollandia-Kattenburg textile factory in Amsterdam on 17 June 1941. On Wednesday, 11 November 1942, around 4:30 PM, Willy Lages conducted the Sicherheitspolizei raid on the Hollandia factories. All exits were blocked, and the Jewish staff members were taken away that evening. Photographs of all workers taken away that evening, as well as those deported previously, appear in the 'Boek der tranen' [Book of tears].

Jewish Historical Museum, Documents collection, inv.nr B1376, 'Boek der tranen' [Book of tears]