Barnet in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)

Lt. Marcus R. Bloom

Mentioned in Despatches

Photographed by Jerry Klinger

1. Lt. Marcus R. Bloom Marker

Inscription.
Mentioned in Despatches
Jewish secret agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)
lived at 9 Brownlow Court.
Captured and murdered in Mauthausen Concentration Camp, 1944.

Be strong and of good courage (Joshua 1:9)
הלוא צויתיך חזק ואמץ

Erected 2022 by Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation and AJEX U.K.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation. series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1944.

Location. 51° 35.094′ N, 0° 10.586′ W. Memorial is in Barnet, England, in Greater London. It is on Lyttleton Road, Hampstead Garden Suburb. On left front corner of the building. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Barnet, England N2, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Greater South East.

Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the

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British Isles,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wilfrid Israel (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Reinhold Chrystman (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Marie Schmolka (1893-1940) (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Toll Gate House (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); St Joseph's Church Gate (approx. 2.9 kilometers away); George Orwell House (approx. 3.1 kilometers away); House of John Keats (approx. 3.3 kilometers away); 63ft General Purpose Pinnace Mk. 1 (approx. 4.5 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Barnet.

Regarding Lt. Marcus R. Bloom. The amazing story of the unlikely British Jewish spy who loved swish apartments, expense accounts and beautiful women but fooled the Gestapo for years before he was gunned down in a Nazi death camp.

Also see . . . British Jewish Spy who was betrayed, captured, and murdered by the Nazis in Mauthausen, 1944.

Marcus Bloom was an unlikely spy. A bon viveur who followed a playboy lifestyle
Photographed by Jerry Klinger, 2022

2. Lt. Marcus R. Bloom Marker
of swish apartments, expense accounts and beautiful women, he was far from the dashing, image of a secret agent.

(Submitted on November 24, 2022, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)

Additional keywords. Betrayed France Austria

Lt. Marcus R. Bloom image. Click for full size.

1943

3. Lt. Marcus R. Bloom

Credits. This page was last revised on July 22, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 24, 2022, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 277 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 24, 2022, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.