Mozes Gobes

Mozes Gobes, a son of Andries Gobes and Schoontje da Costa da Fonseca, was born on 22 April 1893 in Amsteram. When he was still unmarried, he worked as diamond polisher. Later he runned his own barbershop at Blasiusstraat 130 groundfloor. Mozes married in Amsterdam on 21 July 1920 the seamstress Clara Kapper, a daughter of Meijer Kapper and Judith Leon. On 9 January 1924 the twin Jeannette and Jud…

According to a list with shops of Jewish owners, compiled by the Amsterdam police in 1940, this family had a hairdresser's shop, address: Blasiusstraat 130 in Amsterdam.
Abstracts of the police archives which are currently at the Amsterdam municipal archives

In addition, a Jokos file (number 9056) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the St…

Jewish tradespeople such as bakers, hairdressers, butchers, fishmongers, grocers, etc. received a special exemption (Sperre), so that the Jewish population could continue to use the tradespeople. As the number of Jewish residents of Amsterdam shrank due to the deportations, these exemptions were cancelled. On July 27, 1942, Meijer de Vries, the General Adviser of the Jewish Council, sent a circula…