Isaäc van Praag

Isaäc van Praag was a son of the diamond cutter and later grocery store owner Wolf van Praag and Marianna Koopman. He was born on 16 July 1891 at Waterlooplein 78 in Amsterdam. Later in life he ran a butter and cheese business but later became a goldsmith by profession. On 21 July 1921, he married Sara Coe, the eldest of the three children of Isaac Marcus Coe and Betje Wittenburg. Sara was born in…

In addition, a Jokos file (number 15419) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.

Jewish tradespeople such as bakers, hairdressers, butchers, fishmongers, grocers, etc. received a special exemption (Sperre), so that the Jewish population could continue to use the tradespeople. As the number of Jewish residents of Amsterdam shrank due to the deportations, these exemptions were cancelled. On July 27, 1942, Meijer de Vries, the General Adviser of the Jewish Council, sent a circula…