If the Walls Could Speak

The Unlikely History of Herengracht 380-382

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Photo: NIOD, Herengracht 380

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The colonial fortune of Jacob Nienhuys
Coolie Labour
An abominable system
In German hands
An abominable system
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The colonial fortune of Jacob Nienhuys

The deli company

De eerste vestigingsplaats van tabaksplanter Nienhuys op plantage Carlsruhe, rond 1885.
Bron: WikiCommons, collectie Wereldmuseum Amsterdam

Coolie Labour

An abominable system

Fountain in Medan in honour of Nienhuys, unveiled in 1913 and demolished in 1958. Source: Wikicommons.

Herengracht 380 after the fire in January 1888. Source: WikiCommons.

Portrait of J. Nienhuys. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

In German hands

Employment in Germany

De Tijd, 5 September 1942

Het Nieuws van den Dag, 6 augustus 1942

Het Volk, 3 oktober 1942

Het Volk, 12 september 1942

Liberation and war tribunals

Naoorlogs Tribunaal aan de Herengracht 380

Verdachten arriveren op de Herengracht 380

Wacht op de tweede verdieping

Het Tribunaal

Zitting tegen de penningmeester van het NAF

From the Dutch State Treasury Agency to NIOD

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