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131. 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 …

132. James Simon

     James Simon 1880

     102025 James Simon was born on 29 September 1880 in Berlin, in a highly assimilated, well-to-do Jewish family. His father being a private banker, the family enjoyed a luxury life. Reading the postcards …

133. Concert voor piano en klein orkest op. 30

     Marius Flothuis 1948

     100887 Concerto for piano and small orchestra Allegretto piacevole Larghetto Molto vivace Motto: “tantus labor non sit cassus” (from Dies irae) ‘let not so much hardship be in … 16

134. 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 …

135. Martin Spanjaard

     Martin Spanjaard 1892

     100694 Internationally celebrated conductor He was born on July 30, 1892, son of a wealthy textile manufacturer. When Martin was seven years old the family moved to The Hague and from that time …

136. Rosy Wertheim

     Rosy Wertheim 1888

     100181 An exceptional international career Rosalie Marie Wertheim was born on February 19, 1888, into an affluent Jewish family. Her grandfather, Abraham Carel Wertheim (1832-1897) was a famous …

137. 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, …

138. Carel Jacobs

     Carel Jacobs 1909

     102506 Domine, non sum dignus Carel Wilhelmus Joseph Jacobs was born on March 26, 1909 in 's-Heerenberg, a small town in the municipality of Montferland. His father Joannes Jacobs was a well-known …

139. Andries de Rosa

     Andries de Rosa 1869

     101241 Diamond worker, socialist and composer Relatively little is known about the youth of Andries de Rosa. It was a modest environment, the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam, where he was born on April …

140. Hans Franco-Mendes

     Hans Franco Mendes 1890

     102957 Hans Franco Mendes was born in Amsterdam on 15 December 1890 in a musical family. Earlier generations of the Franco Mendes family included a cellist and a violinist, two brothers living and …