written
landmarks: written content of memorable letters and other
documents from the past.Go to the first page of the written
landmarks or
click directly on:
page
1. letter Max Oct. 28 1945 The
first one is a letter of Max Cassuto Izn written in october 1946 from
India to his parents Ies and Lien in The Hague. In this letter he
gives an account of his experiences at the outbreak of the Pacific
war. page
1a. letter Max Nov. 19/20 1945 page 1b. letters Max December 1946
(large fragments) page
2. letter Ies and Lien Cassuto 1945 page
3. report Puck Cassuto about Pacific war,
page
3a.first letter
Puck Cassuto + Albert v. Zuiden after Pacific war
page
3b. report Puck Cassuto about Pacific war,
part 2 page 4. George Cassuto
Izn.: his memories of WW II; until
hiding page
4a. George Cassuto Izn.: his memories of WW II;
first period in hiding page
4b. George Cassuto Izn.: his memories of WW II;
1943 and 1944 page
4c. George Cassuto Izn.: his memories of WW II, liberation
and aftermath page
4d. George Cassuto Izn.: his memories of WW II,
impact on later life
parts from interview on Spielberg tape ; at
the right: George end 1939 ››› page
5. Hetty Winkel,
about relative of the Cassuto's perished in WW II page
6. Kamp Moentilan,
concentration camp on Java, were Puck and Rob Cassuto stayed in 1944-1945; description in documents about the concentration camp
on Java, were Puck and Rob Cassuto stayed in 1944-1945 page 7.
1941: Ies Cassuto in het Oranjehotel (part one), report his
wife made after the war about her endeavours to free her husband from
the German prison; In 1941 Prof. Ies Cassuto was rounded
up.His wife Caroline reports about het endeavours with the reputed Nazi
commander Herr Fischer to get him free
silent
witnesses: scans of memorable documents, covers, letters,
not to be read but to be seen for their historical value for the family
and for their special look. View the two pages with Pacific War documents! at the
right an example of a 1945 letter click
for enlargement ›› Go
to the first page of the silent
witnesses or click directly on:
NEW:
portraits of past: articles
from old newspapers about our ancestors,
permitting a view on the jewish life now forever gone by. Two items
up till now:
old column about Rebbe Jokef Content
obituary of Mozes Winkel
go to the portraits
of the past or
click on the picture
a
special document: The travels
of Moses Cassuto,
1731-1733 and 1741-1743 A unique document is the diary of the Italian Jewish jewel merchant
Moses Vita Cassuto, written in the first half of the eighteenth century
and describing his two journeys, one to Palestine and one to England
and Holland.
We start with publishing parts from his journey to Palestine.
Go to the first page of the Moses Vita Cassuto
travels pages
or
click directly on:
page
1.: Introduction
and landing in Egypt page 2.: arrival
in Hebron page 3.: Jerusalem
and Safed page
4.: From
Palestine to Constantinople page
5.:
from Constantinople to Vienna
page6: home:
from Vienna to Florence
journey
to Holland, page
8 : journey to England and Holland, second
stage:from Florence to London
page
9: from London to Amsterdam page 10: from
Holland via Germany back to Florence
Cassuto
family
documents survey page
war.
