Figure 1.--This photograph was taken in 1938. It shows a funeral procession led by boys from the Israelitic Orphanage dressed in their formal best. Notice the military stle cap. The boys look as if they were about 10-12 years old. It was the custom of the orphanage to furnish these boys as ceremonial mourners for any Dutch funeral cortege if the deceased had been a financial supporter or "subscriber" of the Orphanage. |
This photograph was taken in 1938. It shows a funeral procession led by boys from the Israelitic Orphanage dressed in their formal best. Notice the military stle cap. The boys look as if they were about 10-12 years old. It was the custom of the orphanage to furnish these boys as ceremonial mourners for any Dutch funeral cortege if the deceased had been a financial supporter or "subscriber" of the Orphanage.
This photograph was taken in 1938. It shows a funeral procession led by boys from the Israelitic Orphanage dressed in their formal best. Notice the military stle cap. The boys look as if they were about 10-12 years old. It was the custom of the orphanage to furnish these boys as ceremonial mourners for any Dutch funeral cortege if the deceased had been a financial supporter or "subscriber" of the Orphanage. If a Jewish person died and the boys were not part of the ceremony, it was considered shameful for the family of the deceased that they had failed to
contribute generously to sustain the Jewish orphanage. It is clear from the
context of this photograph that the boys had to be dressed very formally.
Note that they all wear identical caps with bills, knee lenth overcoats
buttoned up to the neck, long black stockings, and polished hightop boots.
The formal dress worn underneath the overcoats was almost identical to what
Christian boys of the period would be wearing for their First Communion or
Confirmation--dark short pants suits, white shirts with ties, and long black
stockings. Note that the adult official supervising the boys is also formally
dressed with dark suit, overcoat, top hat, and furled umbrella.
The sad aspect of this photograph is that in 2 years the children and adults would be in NAZI hands (1940). NAZIS transports to the death camps began in 1942 anf by 1944 most of the people seen here had been killed. The Netherlands which had been a haven for German Jews proived to be death trap for Dutch Jews. The NAZIs efficently poceeded to kill about 75 percent of Dutch Jews, one of the highest proportions of all occupied countries.
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