David Franschman was a son of Mozes Franschman and Rachel Franschman. He married the 22nd of May 1940 in Amsterdam Reintje Weenen, who has survived the Holocaust. The couple had one son, Marcel.
David had ten other siblings: Anna, Lehman, Rebecca, Celine, Deboara, Leendert, Daniel, Jacob, Benjamin and Karel. They have been killed all during the Shoah.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Mozes Franschman and David Franschman.
David Franschman joined the Hollandia-Kattenburg textile factory in Amsterdam on 12 June 1939. On Wednesday, 11 November 1942, around 4:30 PM, Willy Lages conducted the Sicherheitspolizei raid on the Hollandia factories. All exits were blocked, and the Jewish staff members were taken away that evening. Photographs of all workers taken away that evening, as well as those deported previously, appear in the 'Boek der tranen' [Book of tears].
Jewish Historical Museum, Documents collection, inv.nr B1376, 'Boek der tranen' [Book of tears]