Sallie Anthonie van Praagh

Monster, – Den Haag,

Reached the age of 77 years

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Sallie Anthonie van Praagh

Sallie Anthonie van Praagh trouwde op 4 juli 1917 te Den Haag met Petronella Cornelia (Nel) Blom (Den Haag, 19 januari 1890-Hilversum, 26 januari 1958), dochter van Gijsbertus Blom en Anna de Bie.

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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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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 and his wife Nel, born as Pertronella Blom

on the wedding day of their daughter Jonnie with Jan van der Eijk, my father and mother on May 22, 1949 in Rijswijk.

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Sallie Antonie van Praagh, his wife Nel and children spring 1940 Rijswijk

Just before the war, the entire Van Praagh family was photographed. Sallie in the top center used the self-timer to take the photo. With a cigar, but pay particular attention to his slightly fatter face that he will not get back after the war. On the right his wife Nel and on the left my mother Jonnie and below Willy, Toon and Annie on a sunny day in the spring of 1940.

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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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