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Oase

Oase was one of the catering establishments in Amsterdam-Zuid where Jews could continue to go.

Location

Amsterdam

52.34451 N 4.89508 E

Geleenstraat 1

Amsterdam

Nederland

Lunchroom and ice cream buffet located at Geleenstraat 1, Amsterdam.[1] The case was registered at the Chamber of Commerce on 4 May 1940 by Max Gallasch.[1] Oase was one of the catering establishments in Amsterdam South where Jews could continue to go.[2] In the evening of May 21, 1941, members of the Hitlerjugend and NSB wanted to invade the shop. Six police officers managed to prevent this.[3]

Footnotes

  1. a, b Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem, Handelsregister, Kamer van Koophandel Amsterdam, dossiernr. 33054185; Bianca Stigter, Atlas van een bezette stad: Amsterdam 1940-1945, Amsterdam: Atlas Contact, 2019, p. 428.
  2. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 30 June and 8 July 1942; Diary Version B, 20 June 1942, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.
  3. ^ Stadsarchief Amsterdam, Gemeentepolitie Amsterdam, inv. nr. 2959: Rapport bureau Pieter Aertszstraat, 22 mei 1941, 22.30.