The twins Paul Robert and Harold Lodewijk Duizend (one at the top row, far right, the other bottom row, 5th from the right), on a school photo from the Cornelis Krusemanschool in Amsterdam, 1941 private collection Eddy Postuma de Boer
In this poignant documentary Willy Lindwer chronicles the fate of a number of unknown Jewish children who were deported from the Netherlands and murdered in the death camps. Stories from the lives of nine of them are recounted in this work.
Former non-Jewish classmates, neighbourhood children and …
The Dutch author Cees Nooteboom refers to Paul and Harold Duizend in his book ‘Nomad's Hotel’ (Vintage Publishing 2007) in an essay about his friend photographer Eddy Posthuma de Boer, a class mate from Paul and Harold Duizend.
In addition, a Jokos file (number 7568) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting b…
Paul attended the 1st Montessori School at the Correllistraat in Amsterdam. Today a memory plaque in the school commemorates him.
Paul's name appears …
"My strongest memory of the square (Olympiaplein) dates back to 1943. It started with a ring of the door bell at our house in the Marathonweg. Soldiers or police men, I don't remember, but they were wearing a uniform. If there were any Jews in the house, they asked. There weren't.
That day I walked …