RENEWED FOUNDATION OF THE LIBERAL JEWISH COMMUNITY, L.J.G It took until the 1950’s for a small group of people to find the courage to restart the LJG, the Liberal Jewish Community. This ‘Liberaal Joodse Gemeente’ was refounded in 1958. Mr. R.A. (Bob)...
IZAK ZADOKS PRESIDENT OF THE NEDERLANDS ISRAËLITISCHE GEMEENTE (NIG), THE ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY Not many Jews from Den Haag survived the war. After the war restarting Jewish life in Den Haag wasn’t easy. The institutions and buildings were far too big for...
RESTART OF THE GAZAN FASHION FACTORY In 1880 begon de Jewish businessman Joseph Gazan (Amsterdam, November 27th 1851 – Amsterdam, November 3rd1925) started a clothing shop called ‘Gazan’ on the Zeedijk 46 in Amsterdam. In 1934 it was decided to move to Den...
S.V.H. STARTS AGAIN The paper factory ESVEHA on the Rijswijkseweg was rebuilt. After the war the director, Jo Hartog, who had escaped to Suriname, returned and took his brother, Philip Hartog, onto the board of the firm. Philip would rebuild the company. In 1952 Izak...
OPENING OF THE EMERGENCY SHELTER ‘PRINS MAURITSLAAN’ To provide a first roof for the returning war victims emergency shelters were established all over Den Haag. To ensure they could have kosher food, a special shelter for the more orthodox Jews was...
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