Marianne Betsy (Janny) van Praagh

Den Haag, – Israel,

Bereikte de leeftijd van 97 jaar

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"Memories of a greengrocer"

Pijnacker 24 July 1978 

With Henk and Carrie De Wit at their home 

Written by Janny (Marianne Betsy van Praagh/ Miriam Bezek) (1917-2015)

With related stories at the end of the document by Marianne (Jonnie) Van Praagh-van Der Eijk (1923 -2019)

and list of names of the people in this story.

"Memories of a Greengrocer" 

That is how Henk wanted me to write the interview. Uncle Sallie came to Henk– li…

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Marianne (Janny) Van Praagh /Miriam Bezek (1917-2015)

Born and grown in The Hague, I had a younger brother Max and a large extended family with 26 cousins which we often met on holidays and birthdays.  As a young woman, I got higher education in Analytical Chemistry, Agriculture, and Gardening Also, I have participated in Zionist activities such as the Gidon branch of the youth movement. Two years after the war ended, in 1948, I immigrated to Israel,…

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Sallie Antonie van Praagh contact with sisters and brothers

The 3 brothers and 2 sisters lived close to each other in Rijswijk before the war, within a radius of 300 meters. The Van Praagh family often had contact with each other in this way.

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Sallie Antonie van Praagh took every body upstairs for the family picture after the war

After the war in early 1946, everyone went upstairs to the balcony terrace at the back at Prins Hendriklaan 42 for this family photo, because there was more light and space to take the photo, as Sallie thought, who took the photo. From top right Shlomo Bezek and in front of him his girlfriend Janny looking at the eldest son of Shlomo with Alice de Vries his first wife. On the other side next to Ar…

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