21.12.1922 | 🕯 Remembering Doris Mak. She, like her brother, was born in Malmö. Since 1921 her father worked here for the Jewish community and was a ritual butcher. He was born in the Czech Republic. Her mother in Poland. In 1927, the family moved to Meent 94c in Rotterdam.👇🏼1/5 
Fiszel Mak moved to Rotterdam 1927, serving the Dutch-Jewish Congregation as second hazzan (cantor) and as shokhet (ritual butcher). After the 1940 bombing, the family moved to Beukelsdijk 152a. Here they lived until April 10, 1943. 2/5
Childhood photos of Doris have been preserved, allowing us to see her grow up from baby to young lady. On April 10, 1940, the family was registered at the Westerbork transit camp. 3/5
For a month the Mak family stayed in Westerbork. On May 11, 1943, Fiszel, Rachel, Doris & Julius were deported to the Sobibor death camp. Upon arrival, Doris and her mother Rachel were murdered in Lager III. Fiszel and his son Julius were selected as Arbeitsjude. 4/5
Fiszel & Julius Mak were sent to Dorohucza Camp. Here they had to cut peat. On Sept. 7, 1943, a letter was received from both of them at the Jewish Council in Amsterdam; it was their last sign of life. They were shot in Trawniki during Aktion Erntefest on Nov. 3, 1943. ✡️Z"L 5/5
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