The wedding of Gerard van Praag and Jogeva van Praag in Den Helder on 24 August 1937. From left to right Gerrit van Praag (son of Hijman van Praag and Elsje Oudkerk) who survived the Holocaust, bridesmaid Ester van Praag, (daughter of Markus (Maurits) van Praag and Trijntje (Tilly) Hoogendijk, who also has survived the Holocaust, the groom and the bride, the bridesmaid on the right was Lea Beek, she survived the Holocaust too, the little bridesmaid in front is unknown and the bridesboy was Gerrit van Praag, son of Markus (Maurits) van Praag and Trijntje (Tilly) Hoogendijk. Private collection
Gerrit (Gerard) van Praag (right) and his brother Hijman (Herman) who survived the Holocaust (left) and his wife and cousin Jogeva van Praag. Private collection.
Jogeva van Praag-van Praag and her just-born baby daughter Elsje Sona and her nephew Fran. Both Elsje Sonja and Frans have survived the Holocaust. Private collection
Gerrit (Gerard) van Praag huwt zijn volle nicht en bruid Jogeva van Praag op 24 Augustus 1937 in Velsen. (Uitsnede uit de grote huwelijksfoto).
Privé collectie
Jogeva van Praag was the daughter of Hijman van Praag and Elsje Oudkerk. She was born on 6 September 1913 at Keizerstraat 76 in Den Helder, where her parents lived with her older brother Gerrit. Gerrit was born in June 1910. Not long before, in April 1910, his parents were married in den Helder, liv…
In addition, a Jokos file (number 18167) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.