This 1833 certificate designates Lion Barend Paerl, maternal great-great-great-grandfather of Vera Nathans, as the president of the Nederlandsche Israelitische Hoofd-Synagoge te Amsterdam.
This 1941 false identification was used by Anna Philine Nathans-Paerl, mother of Vera Nathans. Anna used this identification during the war until it was discovered that she was Jewish and then she was sent to Bergen-Belsen.
This 1964 photograph was taken at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and shows Vera with members of her family along with one of the nurses, Corrie Blauuw, who hid her during the war and her family. Also seen in the photograph is Nico Visjager, who was hidden with Vera during the war. Corrie protected the two children by claiming that they were her twins. Pictured, from left: Ans Nathans, Vera's mother; Vera Nathans; Corrie Blauuw; Corrie's unnamed sister; Corrie's unnamed niece; Nico Visjager, Vera's “twin” while in hiding; Mieke Nathans, Vera's sister; Hemmy Nathans, Vera's father.
This 1978 photograph was taken at Vera's home in Scarsdale, New York, and shows her children lighting Chanukah candles. Pictured, from left: Susan Semel; David Semel; Adam Semel.
This 1985 photograph shows Adam Semel's bar mitzvah. Pictured, from left: Hemmy Nathans, Adam's grandfather; Sanford “Sandy” Semel, Adam's father; David Semel, Adam's brother; Adam Semel.
This 1939 photograph was taken in Haarlem, Netherlands, and shows Coka (Cootje) van Tricht, one of the nurses who hid Vera as an infant during the war.
