Meijer Bleekrode was the son of Benjamin Bleekrode and Regina Boekman. The entire Bleekrode family worked in the diamond industry. Meijer Bleekrode learned to polish diamonds, but felt drawn to the art world. After completing his art education at the Quelliniusschool and Rijksnormaalschool, he decid…
In addition, Jokos files (numbers 17044, 53686) on this family or other family members are at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
My grandfather was a friend of Meijer...his name was Levie Deen and moved from Amsterdam to settle in Loosdrecht before WW2. Levie (Louis) is mentione…