Mechel Trachtenberg, a manufacturer, was a son of Samson Trachtenberg and of Reisel Hirschfeld, both deceased. Anna de Metz, a dress maker, was a daughter of diamond worker Gaim de Metz and of Henriette Cohen de Lara. Mechel and Anna were married at Westerbork transit camp on 10 May 1943.
Record of marriage certificates of the Westerbork municipality, currently at the archives of Gemeente Midden-D…