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Clara Blom

Amsterdam, – Auschwitz,

Reached the age of 72 years

Occupation: Domestic help

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The fate of Clara Blom.

Claartje Blom was haar leven lang hulp in de huishouding bij de familie van Eliazer Tas en Eva Lamon. Zij is daar nooit meer weggegaan.
Na de Sjoa werd door overlevende leden van de families Tas, Cohen, Sondervan en Cohen Paraira met warmte aan Claartje teruggedacht, waarbij dan meewarig werd opgemerkt dat “Claartje slechts één keer in haar leven Amsterdam had verlaten, om in Auschwitz te worden vermoord".

Clara Blom, usually named Claartje, was born 31 August 1870 as the third child of Nathan Blom and Betje Sluis. Her parents married in Amsterdam on 19 June 1861 and had five other children, namely Mietje, Vogeltje, Israël, Rebecca and Philip. Clara’s father worked as a labourer and died at the age of 66 in 1905 and was interred in the Jewish Cemetery of Zeeburg in Amsterdam. Her mother died in 1923…

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