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1. Lex van Delden

   Lex van Delden 1919

   100020 Keen journalist, but above all a composer Lex van Delden was born on September 10, 1919, in Amsterdam's Jewish quarter, on the Recht Boomssloot. His parents, Wolf and Sarah Zwaap, shared a …

2. Sem Dresden

   Sem Dresden 1881

   100021 A pragmatic idealist Sem Dresden was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family originating from the Prussian town of Gdansk, today a city in Poland. Both his father and grandfather were diamond …

3. Leo Kok

   Leo Kok 1893

   100711 Witness of an entire century Leo Kok was born in Amsterdam on November 24, 1893. His Portuguese-Jewish mother died during childbirth; his father died when he was eight years old. Perhaps …

4. Leo Smit

   Leo Smit 1900

   100000 The comfort of blithe notes Leo Smit came from a mixed Sephardic Ashkenazi family. His father, Rephaël Smit, was a wealthy shoe merchant descending from the Ashkenazi Smit family. The other …

5. Bertus van Lier

   Bertus van Lier 1906

   101238 Focused, ambitious and a man of principles Bertus van Lier was born on September 10, 1906, the son of Alfred Johan Salomon van Lier and Cornelia Geertruida Guldensteeden Egeling. Early on, …

6. Jan van Gilse

   Jan van Gilse 1881

   100024 A turbulent life between sword and lyre Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse was born in Rotterdam on May 11, 1881, the youngest son of Jan Albert van Gilse and Maria Auguste Höckelmann. He had two …

7. Dick Kattenburg

   Dick Kattenburg 1919

   100003 Jazzy melodies by a promising talent Dick Kattenburg was born in Amsterdam on November 11, 1919, the second child of Louis and Heleen Kattenburg. He had an older sister Daisy, and brother Tom …

8. Paul Sanders

   Paul Sanders 1891

   102805 All-round musician and political visionary Paul Florus Sanders was born on December 21, 1891, the son of Rosalie Sanders-Levenbach and Benjamin Sanders, an Amsterdam-based stockbroker. His …

9. Simon Gokkes

   Simon Gokkes 1897

   100025 Opera conductor and composer of Jewish liturgical music Simon Gokkes was born in Amsterdam on March 21, 1897. David Gokkes, his father, was a peddler from Blokzijl, a harbor town in the …

10. Joan Fresco

    Joan Fresco 1886

    102860 Joan (Johan, Jonas, John, Joen) Fresco was born on 18 August 1886 in The Hague as the son of the Jewish tailor Moses Fresco and Regina Frank. At a young age, he showed already an interest in …