Klara Polak Nathans (sitting) with her two grandchildren and a niece. From left to right Clara Carolina (Clari) de Lieme; on the right Anna Rachel (Nanny) de Lieme, both daughters of Herman Isidor de Lieme and Klara's daughter Bettje Polak. In the middle Bettje Polak, a daughter of Harmannus Polak (Klara's brother-in-law) and Rosette Gersons. Photo summer 1939.
Klara Polak-Nathans with her children. On Klara's lap the twin Betsy Aaltje (Bep) and Carolina Bertha (Lineke). Left from her, her daughter Bettje (Betty) and on the right her son Simon, who later would fall in the first days of May 1940 in the battle at the Grebbeberg. Photo April 1919.
Klara Nathans and her granddaughter Nanny (daughter of Bettje Polak and Herman de Lieme). In the background is to see Klara's son-in-law Herman Isidor de Lieme. Photo July 1932.
Klara Nathans was a daughter of Simon Nathans, merchant and cafe owner at Haren (province of Groningen), and Betje de Jong. She married 23 August 1905 in Haren Salomo Polak, an office clerk from Hoogeveen and a son of Simon Polak and Bettje van Rhijn. The couple had four children, namely Bettje (Bet…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 9381) on this household is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.
This person is commemorated on a memorial in Hoogeveen. More information on this memorial can be found (in Dutch) on the website of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei.