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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.

4. Portugese Synagoge Amsterdam

Portugese Synagoge Amsterdam
Description:
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.

5. [Hollandsche Schouwburg, monument]

[Hollandsche Schouwburg, monument]
Description:
Postcard with a black-and-white photograph of the monument at the Hollandse Schouwburg. The building served as a theater from 1892 to 1943 and as a deportation center for Jews during the Holocaust. It is currently a Jewish museum and memorial.

10. 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.

11. 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.

14. Amsterdam, Muiderstraat

Amsterdam, Muiderstraat
Description:
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the exterior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.

15. Mr. Cocadorus, Markthumorist. Amsterdam.

Mr. Cocadorus, Markthumorist. Amsterdam.
Date:
1910
Description:
Black-and-white photographic portrait of market vendor Meier Linnewiel (1876-1934), known as Kokadorus, at the market on the Amstelveld.

16. Verzetsmounument De Dokwerker

Verzetsmounument De Dokwerker
Description:
Postcard with a black-and-white photograph of the statue De Dokwerker in Amsterdam, which commemorates the February Strike of 1941. The general strike was organized against anti-Jewish measures implemented by the Nazis in the Netherlands.

17. Anne Frank Huis

Anne Frank Huis
Description:
Postcard with a black-and-white photograph of the exterior of the Anne Frank House.

22. Amsterdam. Joden Breestraat.

Amsterdam. Joden Breestraat.
Description:
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the Jodenbreestraat, a street in the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam.

23. 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.

24. Jaapje Block

Jaapje Block
Date:
1870 and 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.

25. 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.

26. 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).

30. Anne Frank Huis

Anne Frank Huis
Description:
Postcard with a black-and-white photograph of the exterior of the Anne Frank House.

31. [Hollandsche Schouwburg, chapelle ardente]

[Hollandsche Schouwburg, chapelle ardente]
Description:
Postcard with a black-and-white photograph of the chapelle ardente at the Hollandse Schouwburg. The building served as a theater from 1892 to 1943 and as a deportation center for Jews during the Holocaust. It is currently a Jewish museum and memorial.

32. [Hollandsche Schouwburg, chapelle ardente]

[Hollandsche Schouwburg, chapelle ardente]
Description:
Postcard with a black-and-white photograph of the chapelle ardente at the Hollandse Schouwburg. The building served as a theater from 1892 to 1943 and as a deportation center for Jews during the Holocaust. It is currently a Jewish museum and memorial.

36. Liberaal Joodse Gemeente Amsterdam

Liberaal Joodse Gemeente Amsterdam
Description:
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the interior of the synagogue of the Liberal Jewish Community of Amsterdam.

39. Portugese Synagoge Amsterdam

Portugese Synagoge Amsterdam
Description:
Black-and-white photographic postcard of the interior of the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.

41. 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.

42. 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.

43. Le Son du Cor au Premier Jour de l'An

Le Son du Cor au Premier Jour de l'An
Date:
1819
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah at the Portuguese Synagogue 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.

44. Jewish Ceremony of Sounding the Horn on New Year's Day

Jewish Ceremony of Sounding the Horn on New Year's Day
Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah at the Portuguese Synagogue 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.

45. Celebration of the Day of Forgiveness, by the Jews in Germany

Celebration of the Day of Forgiveness, by the Jews in Germany
Date:
1780
Description:
Black-and-white engraving depicting Yom Kippur at the Ashkenazi Obbene Shul 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.

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. Lion Barend Paerl birth certificate, 1859

Lion Barend Paerl birth certificate, 1859
Date:
1859
Description:
This is the 1859 birth certificate for Lion Barend Paerl, son of Barend Lion Paerl and Sophia Jacobs, and maternal great-grandfather of Vera Nathans.