The Jewish Home, Joodse Invalide
Nieuwe Achtergracht 100
The Jewish Hospital and Home moved into its new premises in 1938, on the corner of Nieuwe Achtergracht and Weesperplein. The society sponsoring the Jewish Hospital was founded in 1911 by rabbi Meyer de Hond, in order to provide shelter for frail and elderly Jews within a Jewish environment. Initially situated on Nieuwe Keizersgracht, the society moved in 1926 to Nieuwe Achtergracht. Many years were spent collecting the necessary funds and radio appeals were broadcast asking for donations. Finally, on the brink of World War II, there was enough to pay for the new building on Weesperplein.
The son of the prewar director of the hospital-home, Mozes Heiman Gans, had this to say:
'In a radio broadcast about the Jewish Home it was described as a place for "those who are past it, who are worn out and broken". And it didn't seem at all odd that people donated money to this cause. You have to realize how different things were in those days. Most of the people who went to the Jewish Home had lived in slums, they came from the ghetto of Amsterdam, they were almost at starvation level. The Jewish Hospital and Home depended on private initiative and that's what made it so popular. At that time there was no such thing as local or central government social security, and certainly no subsidy for the Jewish community. It was private persons who gave their money. That was a question of little by little, and later there were lotteries, and theatre performances.' (from Memories of Jewish Amsterdam, 1978).
On 1 March 1943 all the inmates of the home, staff and patients, were deported. When the war was over, a memorial plaque was placed on the buildings, reading: 'Out of the iron of their chains the state of Israel was forged'. Today the Jewish home for the elderly, Beth Shalom (House of Peace) has two buildings, in the Amsterdam suburbs of Osdorp and Buitenveldert.
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Ontvangstbewijs
1933-1937
Ontvangstbewijzen (16) tnv H. de Jong, wonend in de Anna Paulownastraat te Den Haag,
mbt giften aan verschillende joodse weldadigheidsinstellingen, 1933-1937.
Collectie > Documenten > 00005950
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Wandbord
1925
object, wandbord. maker, Regout & Co., Petrus. materiaal, porselein & tinglazuur.
datering, 1925. plaats, Maastricht & Nederland. hoogte, 3.0. diepte, ø 23.2. ...
Collectie > Museumstukken > 00823
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Portretfoto
1938 (ca.)
Dubbelportret van zuster Gans en Catarina Bonn-Spijer, circa 1938.
Collectie > Fotos > 40000526
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Tekst der liederen die gezongen zullen worden tijdens het bezoek van H.K.H Prinses...
1938
Tekst der liederen die gezongen zullen worden tijdens het bezoek van HKH Prinses
Juliana aan het gebouw van "De Joodsche Invalide" in de synagoge dezer vereeniging ...
Collectie > Literatuur > 11500194
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Nieuwe directeur van De J.I. : arts J.H. Buzaglo benoemd
1941
titel, Nieuwe directeur van De JI : arts JH Buzaglo benoemd. bron, Het Joodsche
Weekblad, vol. 1(1941), nr. 26, p. 7. materiaal, bericht. ...
Collectie > Joodse pers > 20025014
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De Joodse Invalide
1930-1940
Film uit de dertiger jaren over de Joodse Invalide: beelden van de patienten en
de verzorging, de steunactie voor een nieuw gebouw, het bezoek van prinses Juliana ...
Collectie > Audiovisueel > 40000416
