Sara van West

Bloeme van West was born in Amsterdam on 23 March 1877 as a daughter of Joseph Mozes  van West and Vrouwtje Wijnman. As a 15-year old girl she married on 8 March 1893 the 21-year old diamond polisher Hartog van West, a son of Manuel van West and Klara Wurms. Hartog was born on 27 August 1871 in Amsterdam.

The Van West-Van West couple had nine children, of whom the first one, named Joseph, was born…

Sara van West, the sixth child of Hartog van West and Bloeme van West, was born in Amsterdam on 28 November 1903. She was a seamstress by trade, unmarried and lived untill her deportation at her parental home at 2^e  Boerhaavestraat 13 3^rd floor,. It was also the last known address where her mother lived, widowed from Hartog van West since 1937 and where also Sara’s cousin Schoontje van West lived,…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 9864) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for :

- securities or bonds. (W-claim, number C 55 / 2317)

- valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 13076 / 7353)