Meer informatie over de zelfmoord van het echtpaar David en Betje Bloch-Goedhart, is te vinden in het boek van Lucas Ligtenberg: Mij krijgen ze niet levend: de zelfmoorden van mei 1940 (Amsterdam 2017) 149, 167.
On the morning of the 14th of May, 1940 David Bloch and Betje Bloch- Goedhart committed an attempt to suicide.
A doctor is on the spot for first aid, they were taken to the hospital.
They both died 2 days later. On the 20th of May, 1940 they were burried on the Jewish cemetery in Muiderberg.
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