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 Amsterdam had a large Jewish population, they had found a safe haven in Amsterdam (which they called "the new Jerusalem") after having fled from Spain and Portugal in the 15th century. Many lived in the inner city where they had two synagogues. Some were pedlars and small tradesmen, others - the wealthier ones - lived in Amsterdam South. At Numan's Blikfabrieken we had a Jew as boss at the time. Mr Numan had taken this man into the firm shortly before he died, and it was a disaster. He was a rogue, but this has nothing to do with anti- |
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Semitism: he simply was no good. But he was among those who escaped the Germans and he came back after the war thinking he could step back into his position in the firm. But things had changed and his claims were refuted, and in the end the case came before the Court. I was among those who had to give evidence and I told the magistrate what had been said when he came to see Tine Goeman to win her over to his side and to promise her all sorts of things. Tine had died by that time. His name was Rodrigues Lopez and he lost his case! We also had a Jew working in the factory called Schweitzer, who was a fine craftsman. He had to register and by that time we knew what this meant. So Tine (who was then business manager) went to the "Lion's Den" (being German Headquarters in Euterpestraat), to tell them that we needed Schweitzer to be able to fill the Wehrmacht orders. The answer was: "If your firm can't function without this Jew, then there is something wrong and we'll have to put someone in there who will teach you..." So that was that. He was taken away and we never heard from him again! |
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