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1. Anna Philine Nathans-Paerl false identification, 1941

Anna Philine Nathans-Paerl false identification, 1941
Date:
1941
Description:
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.

2. Dientje Krant, 1942

Dientje Krant, 1942
Date:
1942
Description:
This 1942 photograph shows Dientje Krant with a stuffed dog at Edith Koster's house in Amsterdam, just before she went into hiding.

3. Nathans and Blauuw families, 1964

Nathans and Blauuw families, 1964
Date:
1964
Description:
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.

4. Nico and Ellen Visjager, circa 1968

Nico and Ellen Visjager, circa 1968
Date:
1960-1969
Description:
This circa 1968 photograph was taken in Amsterdam and shows Nico Visjager, who was hidden with Vera during the war, and his wife, Ellen.

6. Dientje Krant and Edith Koster, 1941

Dientje Krant and Edith Koster, 1941
Date:
1941
Description:
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.

10. Les Acafoth ou les sept tours, autour du Cercueil / Les Assistans jettent de la terre sur le Corps

Les Acafoth ou les sept tours, autour du Cercueil / Les Assistans jettent de la terre sur le Corps
Date:
1723
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting a Jewish funeral, above, and a Jewish burial, below. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.

11. La Péntitence des Juifs Allemans dans leur Synagogue

La Péntitence des Juifs Allemans dans leur Synagogue
Date:
1737
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot (lashes) in the Great Synagogue of Amsterdam. Engraving by Pieter Tanjé after Louis Fabricius Dubourg. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 5, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.

12. Religious Penance observ'd by the antient Jews

Religious Penance observ'd by the antient Jews
Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot (lashes) in the Great Synagogue of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.

13. Procession des Palmes chez les Juifs Portugais / Repas des Juifs pendant la Fête des Tentes

Procession des Palmes chez les Juifs Portugais / Repas des Juifs pendant la Fête des Tentes
Date:
1724
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting Sukkot at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Portuguese Jews in a sukkah during Sukkot, below. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.

15. The Procession of the Palmes of the Portuguese Jews / Procession des Palmes chez les Juifs Portugais - Jewish entertainment during the Feast of Tabernacles / Repas des Juifs pendant la Fête des Tentes

The Procession of the Palmes of the Portuguese Jews / Procession des Palmes chez les Juifs Portugais - Jewish entertainment during the Feast of Tabernacles / Repas des Juifs pendant la Fête des Tentes
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting Sukkot at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Portuguese Jews in a sukkah during Sukkot, below. Engraving by Claude Du Bosc after Bernard Picart. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.

17. Lion Barend Paerl synagogue certificate, 1833

Lion Barend Paerl synagogue certificate, 1833
Date:
1833
Description:
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.

18. Berend Lion Paerl, circa 1938

Berend Lion Paerl, circa 1938
Date:
1930-1939
Description:
This circa 1938 photograph was taken in Amsterdam and shows Vera's maternal grandfather, Berend Lion Paerl.

19. Mietje Paerl, circa 1938

Mietje Paerl, circa 1938
Date:
1930-1939
Description:
This circa 1938 photograph was taken in Amsterdam and shows Vera's maternal grandmother, Mietje Paerl (née Hymans).

20. Les Assistans jettent de la terre sur le Corps

Les Assistans jettent de la terre sur le Corps
Date:
1819
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Jewish burial. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From Histoire des religions et des moeurs de tous les peuples du monde / avec 600 gravures, représentant toutes les cérémonies et coutumes religieuses, dessinées et gravées par le célèbre B. Picart ; publiées en Hollande, par J.-Fr. Bernard, Volume 5, published Paris: A. Belin, 1816-1819.

21. Het bad der Hoogduitsche Jooden, te Amsterdam

Het bad der Hoogduitsche Jooden, te Amsterdam
Date:
1783
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the mikveh of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving by Caspar Jacobsz Philips after a drawing by Pieter Wagenaar, Jr. From Oude en tegenwoordige staat en geschiedenis van alle godsdiensten by William Hurd, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: M. de Bruyn, 1781-1791.

22. Religious Penance observ'd by the ancient Jews

Religious Penance observ'd by the ancient Jews
Date:
1811
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Yom Kippur ritual of malkot (lashes) in the Great Synagogue of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new univeral history of the religious rites, ceremonies and customs of the whole world by William Hurd, published Manchester: J. Gleave.

23. Jaapje Block

Jaapje Block
Date:
1870, 1869
Description:
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.

24. L'Examen du Levain &c. / Le Repas de Paques chez les Juifs Portugais

L'Examen du Levain &c. / Le Repas de Paques chez les Juifs Portugais
Date:
1725
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting the Passover custom of the mother placing bits of unleavened bread for the father and children to discover and dispose of, above, and a Passover seder of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam, below. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.

25. Der Joden Biddekleed, en Gedenk-Ceedels aan Hoofd en Hand

Der Joden Biddekleed, en Gedenk-Ceedels aan Hoofd en Hand
Date:
1700
Description:
Black-and-white etching depicting a Jewish man wearing a tallis (prayer shawl) and tefillin (phylacteries). He stands in front of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Text excerpted from Deuteronomy 6:8-9: "And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates." Etching by Jan Luyken. From Mosaize historie der Hebreeuwse kerke, Volume 3, by Willem Goeree, published Amsterdam: Willem and David Goeree.

26. The Search for the Leavened Bread, &c. a domestic Ceremony in the Jewish Religion

The Search for the Leavened Bread, &c. a domestic Ceremony in the Jewish Religion
Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the Passover custom of the mother placing bits of unleavened bread for the father and children to discover and dispose of. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.

27. The Passover Celebrated by the Portuguese Jews

The Passover Celebrated by the Portuguese Jews
Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting a Passover seder of Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From A new and univeral history of the religious rites and ceremonies of all nations in the world by William Hurd, published London: A. Hogg.

28. Simcha Tora or Rejoicing for the Law

Simcha Tora or Rejoicing for the Law
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting the celebration of Simchat Torah by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart.

31. Portugeese Joode Kerck

Portugeese Joode Kerck
Date:
1675
Description:
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. Engraving by Justus Danckerts.

33. De Hoogduytse Ioode Synagoge

De Hoogduytse Ioode Synagoge
Date:
1693
Description:
Hand-colored engraving of the exterior of the Great Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.

34. Le Son du Cor au Premier Jour de l'An / Le Chipur, ou le Jour du Pardon tel qu'il se celêbre chez les Juifs Allemands

Le Son du Cor au Premier Jour de l'An / Le Chipur, ou le Jour du Pardon tel qu'il se celêbre chez les Juifs Allemands
Date:
1725
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah at the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, above, and Yom Kippur at the Ashkenazi Obbene Shul in Amsterdam, below. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.

35. Le Chipur, ou le Jour du Pardon tel qu'il se celêbre chez les Juifs Allemands

Le Chipur, ou le Jour du Pardon tel qu'il se celêbre chez les Juifs Allemands
Date:
1819
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting Yom Kippur at the Ashkenazi Obbene Shul in Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From Histoire des religions et des moeurs de tous les peuples du monde / avec 600 gravures, représentant toutes les cérémonies et coutumes religieuses, dessinées et gravées par le célèbre B. Picart ; publiées en Hollande, par J.-Fr. Bernard, Volume 5, published Paris: A. Belin, 1816-1819.

36. [Simchat Torah]

[Simchat Torah]
Description:
Hand-colored engraving depicting the celebration of Simchat Torah by the Portuguese Jews of Amsterdam. Engraving after Bernard Picart.

37. De Portugeese Ioode Synagoge

De Portugeese Ioode Synagoge
Date:
1693
Description:
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.

38. De Portugeese Ioode Synagoge

De Portugeese Ioode Synagoge
Date:
1693
Description:
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.

39. De Portugeese Ioode Synagoge

De Portugeese Ioode Synagoge
Date:
1693
Description:
Hand-colored engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Beschryvinge van Amsterdam, desselfs eerste oorspronk uyt den Huyse der Heeren van Aemstel en Aemstellant by Casparus Commelin.

40. Portugeesche Jooden Synagoge

Portugeesche Jooden Synagoge
Date:
1726
Description:
Black-and-white engraving of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. From Wegwyzer door Amsterdam, published Amsterdam: Nicolaas ten Hoorn.

42. Les Acafoth ou les sept tours, autour du Cercueil / The Acafoth, or the Seven turns round the Coffin - Les Assistans jettent de la terre sur le Corps / The Assistants throws mould upon the Corps

Les Acafoth ou les sept tours, autour du Cercueil / The Acafoth, or the Seven turns round the Coffin - Les Assistans jettent de la terre sur le Corps / The Assistants throws mould upon the Corps
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting a Jewish funeral, above, and a Jewish burial, below. Engraving by Claude Du Bosc after Bernard Picart. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.

43. La Circoncision des Juifs Portugais / The Circumcision of the Portuguese Jews - Le Rachat du Premier Né / The Redemption of the First Born

La Circoncision des Juifs Portugais / The Circumcision of the Portuguese Jews - Le Rachat du Premier Né / The Redemption of the First Born
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting a circumcision performed by a Portuguese Jewish family in Amsterdam, above, and pidyon haben (redemption of the first-born son), below. Engraving by Claude Du Bosc after Bernard Picart. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.

44. Cérémonie Nuptiale des Juifs Portugais / Nuptial Ceremony of the Portuguese Jews - Cérémonie Nuptiale des Juifs Allemands / Nuptial Ceremony of the German Jews

Cérémonie Nuptiale des Juifs Portugais / Nuptial Ceremony of the Portuguese Jews - Cérémonie Nuptiale des Juifs Allemands / Nuptial Ceremony of the German Jews
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting a marriage ceremony of Portuguese Jews, above, and Ashkenazi Jews, below, in Amsterdam. Engraving by Claude Du Bosc after Bernard Picart. From The Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the Various Nations of the Known World : together with historical annotations and several curious discourses... Written originally in French, and illustrated with a large number of folio copper plates designed by Mr. Bernard Picart, and curiously engraved by most of the best hands in Europe..., Volume 1, published London: William Jackson and Claude Dubosc, 1733-1739.

45. La Circoncision des Juifs Portugais / Le Rachat du Premier Né

La Circoncision des Juifs Portugais / Le Rachat du Premier Né
Date:
1741
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting a circumcision performed by a Portuguese Jewish family in Amsterdam, above, and pidyon haben (redemption of the first-born son), below. Engraving after Bernard Picart. From Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde / representées en 243 figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard, avec des explications historiques & curieuses par M. l’abbé Banier & par M. l’abbé Mascrier, Volume 1, published Paris: Rollin fils, 1741.

46. La Circoncision des Juifs Portugais / Le Rachat du Premier Né

La Circoncision des Juifs Portugais / Le Rachat du Premier Né
Date:
1722
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting a circumcision performed by a Portuguese Jewish family in Amsterdam, above, and pidyon haben (redemption of the first-born son), below. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.

49. Cérémonie Nuptiale des Juifs Portugais / Cérémonie Nuptiale des Juifs Allemands

Cérémonie Nuptiale des Juifs Portugais / Cérémonie Nuptiale des Juifs Allemands
Date:
1722
Description:
Black-and-white engravings depicting a marriage ceremony of Portuguese Jews, above, and Ashkenazi Jews, below, in Amsterdam. Engraving by Bernard Picart. From Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde representées par des figures dessinées de la main de Bernard Picard: avec une explication historique, & quelques dissertations curieuses, Volume 1, published Amsterdam: J.F. Bernard, 1723-1737.