Debora Rachel Sara Gertrud Bloch can be seen on a group picture of 22 Jewish children, made at the end of September 1942 on the courtyard of the synagogue in Deventer. In 2008 a documentary was made about this picture, called “Een foto, een zoektocht, de herinnering”, by the Etty Hillesum Centrum in Deventer
Berta Mirjam Bloch (left) and Debora Rachel Sara Gertrud Bloch, with their parents Arthur en Antoinette Bloch-Weiss and their grandparents Abraham and Frouwktje Weiss-Duitscher.
Arthur Bloch came from Poland. His family-in-law lived in Bünde. He started a trade in draperies there and in 1933 in poultry. In 1939 he moved with his family to Deventer. The family received financial support from the Jewish community. Addition of a visitor of the website
In addition, a Jokos file (number 32646) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authoriz…