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 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 1941 photograph was taken in Amstersam at the home of Edith Koster, Dientje's closest friend. It shows Dientje (left) and Edith (right), who died during the war.
Black-and-white print of the exterior of the New Synagogue in Amsterdam. From an original illustration by Johannes Antonius (Anton) Jakma. Published in the Gedenkboek ter gelegenheid von het 40-jarig bestaan van het Centraal Blad voor Israelieten in Nederland, which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the weekly newspaper Centraal blad voor Israëlieten in Nederland.
Print reproduction of a pen and ink drawing of the exteriors of the New Synagogue and Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. Original drawing by Ludwig Willem Reymer Wenckebach. From Oud-Amsterdam : 100 stadsgezichten.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Talmudist David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo giving a sermon in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam on July 22, 1866. After an oil painting by Jacob-Emile-Edouard Brandon. Published in the May 18, 1887, edition of L'Illustration.
Hand-colored wood engraving of a hunchbacked Jewish man, Jaapje Blok, who hires himself out as a lectern at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Wood engraving by Henricus Adrianus (Henri) Bogaerts. Published in De katholieke illustratie : zondags-lektuur voor het katholieke Nederlandsche volk.
Black-and-white illustration of two men outside the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, with the text of their humorous conversation printed beneath. One man is updating the other man on his life since they last saw each other. He has married a coquettish woman, who brought a lot of money to the marriage. The person to whom he entrusted the funds ran off with the money--which is for the best, because his wife ran off with the man. Published in Asmodée: geillustreerde almanak.
Black-and-white offset print reproduction of Talmudist David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo giving a sermon in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam on July 22, 1866. After an oil painting by Jacob-Emile-Edouard Brandon. Published in the August 3, 1867, edition of Le Monde illustré.
Black-and-white etching of Talmudist David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo giving a sermon in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam on July 22, 1866. Etching after an oil painting by Jacob-Emile-Edouard Brandon. Printed Paris: Imp. A. Salmon. Published in the July 1867 edition of the Gazette des Beaux-Arts.