Coenraad Blog, born on 20 August 1865 in Amsterdam, was a son of Mozes Joseph Blog and Naatje Achsteribbe. He was a diamond cutter and married on 7 June 1905 in Amsterdam the 31-year-old Roosje Stodel, a daughter of Joseph Stodel and Elisabeth (Betje) Metz, who was also born in Amsterdam on 12 Janua…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 52655) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
The period between 28 August till 12 December 1942 was known as the so-called “Kozel-period”. Named as such, as a number of transports with deported Jews from Belgium, France and Holland were stopped at Kozel station, about 80 km west from Auschwitz, where the Germans unloaded men who were suitable …
Part of the text on page 223 from volume 8 of Dr. L. de Jong: conditions in the Seibersdorf forced labor camp, located in the south of Poland near the Czech border:
Just as in Bobrek, a new camp had to be built in Seibersdorf. "During the day," according to a member of the Kosel group, "we had to wo…