Rachel Gelkopf-Blog

Peiretz Gellkopf was married to Rachel Blog. He was a taylor. Their second child, a daughter named Rebecca, was born in transit camp Westerbork on 27 August 1943.
Record of birth certificates of the Westerbork municipality, currently at the archives of Gemeente Midden-Drenthe in Beilen

On 1 April 1943 Peiretz Gelkopf, Rachel Blog and their daughter Maria Esther were taken to Westerbork. Rachel wa…

Rachel Blog werd niet, zoals hier vermeld is, in Sobibor vermoord, maar samen met haar dochtertje in Auschwitz. Sobibor functioneerde na de opstand in oktober 1943 niet meer als vernietigingskamp. Er vertrok op 16 november 1943 ook geen transport vanuit Westerbork naar Sobibor, maar naar Auschwitz