David L. Bloch
1910-2002


The tragic yet inspiring life of David L. Bloch, is to be recognized and honored for his great deal of pain and self worth by millions of people all over the world

by: SARA G. O.


The Deaf Society, and also the mute, can open up our eyes of what they can not even begin to listen. Their prospect of the world so diverse from what we seem to comprehend. They have their own terminology. The speak with their own two hands. Now, people are learning to understand them.
Thanks to the technology, it has help break the boundaries by providing two-way messaging device to send messages back and forth.
They are not limited of what we think they can do. There are amazing examples of individuals who rise up to be their very best. They go through trials and difficulties just like us.
One of them happens to be, David L Bloch, a famous deaf artist, who life story will inspire many.
David was born in Floss, Germany in 1910. He was a son to Simon and Selma Bloch. Unfortunately, his parent orphaned him when he was a year old because he was deaf at birth
During the 1940's, World War Two had taken it’s influence on the people of Germany and the rest of Europe. Both Jewish and the handicapped and all those who weren’t full blood German (or had different ideas even, either about politics or religion) were sent to concentration camps to be put to death or to be degraded.
David had been captured and sent to a camp in Dachau. On hearing this, his American cousin who had great impact on society and was a wealthy business owner, paid money to the Nazis. Nevertheless, over 1, 600 deaf souls had died at the hands of repugnant Nazis. The survivors subsequently, had been sterilized by force, in order not to have children. A research done by Professor H. Biesold.
During the rest of the war, Mr Bloch moved to China. There he married. Later after the war, they moved to America and His occupation for 27 years a Commercial Decal. He additionally painted and did some carvings as a lithographer.
His art work depicted horrors from hid earlier life while he was in Germany. His art work can be seen in museums everywhere.

"Crying Hands"
Lithograph by David Bloch from the 1988 exhibit of the life of deaf people under the Nazis.


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