Nanette van Praag Sigaar

In addition, a Jokos file (number 50474) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Nanette was a student of the 1st Montessori school at the Corellistraat in Amsterdam. A memorial plaque in the school commemorates Nanette and other victims of the Holocaust.

Her name also appears on one of the suitcases of the artwork 'In Memoriam' by Willem Volkersz.

Nanette and Anne Frank were in the same class at the Jewish Lyceum. Anne wrote about Nanette in her diary on June 16th of 1942:

'Nannie is a funny, tiny, clever girl. I like her. She is smart.

This double portrait was made in 1941 and depicts Nanette (Nannie) van Praag Sigaar and her younger brother Herman Jack. Their father, Salomon van Praag works for an Insurance company and their mother, Sophie Barklo, is a teacher. The family lives in the Frans van Mierissstraat in Amsterdam. On the 30th of October 1942, Sophie and her children have to report for deportation to Westerbork. Soon aft…

Nannie van Praag Sigaar appears in the book Naar buiten, lucht en lachen! by Bob Polak, which is a walking guide of Amsterdam based on Anne’s writings.

The British passport of Nannie's mother served to protect the family from deportation. One day her classmate Jacqueline van Maarsen (author of several books that detail her friendship with Anne Frank and her own family history) called on the family…

Nanette ‘Nannie’ van Praag Sigaar zat in het schooljaar 1941-1942 in klas 1L2 van het Joods Lyceum in Amsterdam.
Bron: Dienke Hondius, Absent: Herinneringen aan het Joods Lyceum Amsterdam 1941-1943 (Amsterdam 2001) 270.

Van de 172 (oud-)leerlingen van de 1e Montessorischool in Amsterdam die in de Tweede Wereldoorlog werden vermoord waren er 169 joods. Zij staan hier in de rechter kolom alfabetisch vermeld.