Johanna Stella (Noekie) van der Veen (above left) and Marieke Grietje (Rietje) van der Veen (right below), with their aunt Betsie Beilina Branca van Leer-Hart, their nanny Sietske Visser and their cousin Raphel (Felix) van Leer. Source: private collection
Mozes (Max) van der Veen owned a shop with personnel in Rotterdam, where one could buy linen and similar stuff. According to tradition he was a bit of a difficult man. The family had a nanny who was also part of the family. Mother Emma Hart always was very sweet to her. The nanny took the children, …