Margarete Bloch (21 March 1892, Berlin – Precise date unknown, 1944, Auschwitz concentration camp) was a friend of Felice Bauer and a pen-friend of Franz Kafka. Grete Bloch was a daughter of the sales representative Louis Bloch and Jenny Bloch, born Meyerowitz. She visited a girls’ school (Höhere Töchterschule) and then two schools for learning a profession: a school of the Lette-Verein (Education for women; founded in the 19th century and still existing) and the academy for trade Salomon in Berlin. At age 16, after finishing her education, she found work in the office machine industry and helped supplement the family income. From 1908 to 1915 she worked in Berlin and Vienna. Before October 1913, she met Felice Bauer, who was four years older, and they became friends.