Machseh Lajesoumim A Jewish Orphanage in the City of Leiden, 1890-1943
The Jewish Orphanage in Leiden was the last one of 8 such care homes to open its doors in The Netherlands before the Second World War. After spending almost 39 years in an old and utterly inadequate building in Leiden's city centre, the inauguration in 1929 of a brand-new building, shown on the...
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
[2021]
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009625155706719 |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- 1 Jewish orphanages in Dutch society
- 2 1890 to 1929: A long and difficult period
- 3 1929: A magnificent new home
- 4 1929 to 1933: Happy years
- 5 1933 to 1939: Clouds over Europe
- 6 1940 to 1942: Occupation, oppression, persecution
- 7 1943 to 1944: Liquidation
- 8 So many more
- 9 1943 to 1946: Survivors
- 10 After the war
- Epilogue
- List of abbreviations and acronyms
- Dutch or German words used in the text
- List of 168 children and 9 staff who lived in the orphanage (1929-1943)
- Bibliography
- Persons index
- Subjects index
