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1. 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 …

2. 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 …

3. 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 …

4. 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 …

5. Fania Chapiro

   Fania Chapiro 1926

   100019 Child prodigy, pianist and composer Father Naum Chapiro was a violin teacher and Fania, just a toddler, tried to play with his violin. But soon it became clear that another instrument was …

6. 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 …

7. Marjo Tal

   Marjo Tal 1915

   100692 A Vesuvius in music Marjo Tal was born in The Hague on January 15, 1915, the eldest of three daughters in a liberal Jewish family of orthodox origin. Very early on she showed musical talent …

8. Nico Richter

   Nico Richter 1915

   100016 Concise, vigorous and distinctive Nico Max Richter was born in Amsterdam on December 2nd 1915, the second of three children and the only son of the dentist Izaak Richter and his wife Sara Manheim …

9. 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 …

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 …