Pursuant to the Royal Decree of 26 February 1814 at the initiative of King Willem I, the Nederlandsch Israëlitisch Seminarium (NIS) was founded in Amsterdam to provide the Jewish communities with rabbis, teachers and other officials. Arthur de Leeuw, the son of Elias, was enrolled at the NIS.
The police commissioner, chief of the Amsterdam juvenile police, requested that the minor Arthur de Leeu…