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21. 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 …

22. 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 …

23. 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 …

24. 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, …

25. Theo Smit Sibinga

    Theo Smit Sibinga 1899

    101243 Sensitive and skillful Theodore Henri Smit Sibinga was born in Bandung and still a toddler when his family returned to the Netherlands. After high school, he started cello lessons with …

26. Hans Krieg

    Hans Krieg 1899

    101237 Advocate of Jewish heritage Hans Max Krieg was raised in the family of a Jewish manufacturer of leather goods. Music played an important role in the family home. At the age of six he played …

27. Max Vredenburg

    Max Vredenburg 1904

    101245 Honest and tireless Max David Vredenburg was born in Brussels on January 16, 1904, and was raised in a Dutch-Jewish family. With the looming threat of war, they fled to The Hague. Max was …

28. Marius Flothuis

    Marius Flothuis 1914

    100022 Composer, scholar, humanist Marius Flothuis, born on October 30, 1914, in an Amsterdam apartment on the corner of Ruysdaelstraat and Hondecoeterstraat, was raised in a well-to-do family. His …

29. Paul Seelig

    Paul Seelig 1876

    101242 Specialist in music of the Dutch East Indies Paul Seelig was born in Dortmund in 1876, the oldest in a family of seven children. The family lived in Breda, in the Netherlands, where his …

30. Géza Frid

    Géza Frid 1904

    100023 That famous Hungarian Dutchman Géza Frid was born on January 25, 1904, in Máramarossziget, a small town in former Hungary (now Rumania). At the age of four, his mother gave him piano lessons, …