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Max Block

Bochum, – Place of death unknown, date unknown

Occupation: Office clerk

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Max Block was married. He was deported from Westerbork to Theresienstadt on 22 April 1943 and from there on 12 October 1944 to Auschwitz.
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According to the book In Memoriam Max Block by T. Nowotny (2011) Max Block was murdered on 14 October 1944 in Auschwitz. It is possible this date is different from the official date of death as established after the war by …

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Getuigenis over Kristallnacht

Max Block legde een getuigenis af na de Kristallnacht, waarin hij vertelde wat hij had meegemaakt. De getuigenis (geschreven in het Duits) is hier te lezen en te downloaden:

http://wienerlibrarycollections.co.uk/novemberpogrom/testimonies-and-reports/b1-b50/b.13

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Tekst van Max Block's getuigenis over de Kristallnacht

"My mother, a lady of nearly 80 years of age, lived in an old people’s home in A. until the pogroms in Germany. The home was a private Jewish establishment. About 40 to 50 men and women were accommodated. The age of the residents must have been between roughly 70 and 85.

During the night of 11th to 12th November all the residents were awoken at 3 o’clock in the morning with instructions to pa…

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