- 1. 1932-03-11
- (1932)
- ... Dorothea zouden stukken worden voorgedragen. Baukje zal me straks komen vertellen. – Ik heb nu ook al 2 Soendanese lessen gemist, maar ik zal het wel inhalen. – De dokter is dolblij dat hij me zó beter ...
- 2. 1935-02-12
- (1935)
- ... eens aan. – We zagen een schitterende film over de Rothschilds, is die nog niet in Den Haag? Zeer de moeite waard, vol gein!, een bijzonder fijne vent die oudste, Nathan, de film zal natuurlijk verboden ...
- 3. 1935-04-02
- (1935)
- ... Linn en de Bucks waren er ook; maar verder niks geen visite, erg rustig. We brachten Axel vroeg naar bed en gingen Conrad Neidt zien in Jud Süss. Als boek is het veel mooier, en na de Rothschild film ...
- 4. 1939-11-21/11-22
- (1939)
- ... heette Roth. O, zei hij, “als wij hem zien, moeten wij dus stoppen!” Axeltje dacht aan de rode verkeerslichten. Lisaatje is soms nog geestiger. Vanavond vertelden wij aan tafel dat wij ’s middags een groot ...
- 5. 1945-10-04/12-02
- (1945-1946: de Bersiap-periode)
- ... very much more of this misery. 2 December. Today I got the bad news that our brother-in-law (in the town of Bandung) has been murdered (or burned alive? nobody knows exactly how it happened) by a yelli ...
- 6. 1945-10-04/12-02-EN
- (1945-1946: de Bersiap-periode)
- ... maltreatment of the Japs admirably but cannot stand very much more of this misery. 2 December. Today I got the bad news that our brother-in-law (in the town of Bandung) has been murdered (or burned alive? ...
- 7. Eida's family background
- (Background)
- ... good friend Isaac Cohen, her brother. The Schepers-Cohen family moves to The Hague when Eida’s father takes up his new job as a teacher of classics at Haganum College in The Hague, a position he will hold ...
- 8. Hok's family background
- (Background)
- ... His two elder brothers are Sin Ho (1898-1964) and Sin Houw (1900-1994). Hok’s father is a ‘well-off’ Chinese, with three sons and a flourishing Pabrik Beras in Tjipadang in the Tjiandoer area ...
- 9. Mail traffic
- (Background)
- ... during and after the war Eida and Hok seldom use the alternative mail route via Curaçao, where Eida’s brother-in-law is the Dutch Attorney General. Eida’s sister Anneke manages to get some letters to ...
- 10. The history of the letters
- (Background)
- ... material in some form or other, finally decided to digitize the collection. With the aid of her brothers Axel and Gijsbert, who took care of the initial copying and scanning of the letters respectively, ...