Contemporaneous death certificate from Auschwitz of Louis Goudsmit, dated 11-Sep-1942, declaring the date of death as 02-Sep-1942, with cause of death as Herzwassersucht, or heart disease (ITS Arolsen Archive, Doc. No. 581722)
Esther Blits (b. 04-Dec-1879 in Amsterdam) was the younger sister of Mietje Blits and the tenth child of Simon Hartog Blits and Leentje Koopman. She married Eliazer Goudsmit (b. 13-Jun-1883 in Amsterdam) on 20-Sep-1904 in Antwerp, BE. Eliazer and Esther had two children Louis Goudsmit (b. 16-Dec-190…
By establishing the date of death of Louis Goudsmit the official date is maintained as stated after the war by the Dutch Department of Justice on the …
In addition, a Jokos file (number 32129) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.