De Nacht der Girondijnen by Jacob Presser

Abel Herzberg, Jacques Presser en Loe de Jong over de jodenvervolging (1998) N. Kristel, Geschiedschrijving als opdracht. After 1967, however, he did express growing concern about Israel's security.Īmong his writings, in addition to Ondergang, are De Tachtigjarige Oorlog (1941) Napoleon (1946) and Amerika. The mass murder of the Jews greatly increased Presser's Jewish consciousness, but he never became a Zionist. The short story 'De nacht der girondijnen' ('Breaking Point,' 1958) was a poignant account of the Dutch Jewish transport camp of Westerbork. Presser also wrote poems and detective stories. De vervolging en verdelging van het Nederlandse jodendom 1940–1945 ('Destruction: the Persecution and Extermination of Dutch Jewry 1940–1945') was published in 1965 and had an enormous impact on Dutch society.

In 1950 the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation commissioned him to write a study of the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands. Soon after the war, he was taken on by the University of Amsterdam, where he eventually became a full professor. Hij zorgt voor het samenstellen van de transporten en heeft zich zo tot werktuig van de Duitsers gemaakt in de hoop het eigen bestaan zo lang mogelijk te rekken.

In March 1943, Presser's wife was arrested and deported to Sobibor death camp. Een jonge geschiedenisleraar van Portugees-joodse afkomst komt in Westerbork terecht bij de ordedienst. He studied history at the University of Amsterdam, earning his doctorate in 1926 with a thesis on Das Buch ' De Tribus Impostoribus,' and became a teacher.Īfter the German invasion in May 1940, he and his wife tried to flee the Netherlands when their attempt failed, they tried to commit suicide. Presser was born in Amsterdam into a secular and well-assimilated family. PRESSER, JACOB ( Jacques ) (1899–1970), Dutch historian and writer.

De Nacht der Girondijnen by Jacob Presser