be-002157-kd 00995
type: RecordSet
archival history: This porcelain tableware set was given to Hester Raizmann and Hijman Rood as a wedding gift when they married in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1913. Over time, it was passed on to their daughter Fedora Rood (married Wegloop). After Fedora's arrest, the tableware was seized by the Nazis. Hester survived deportation and, in 1948, moved from Amsterdam to Antwerp, Belgium, where she discovered her own china in the window of an antique shop. She then worked to buy back the porcelain piece by piece. The tableware was never used again and was inherited by Hester's surviving granddaughter Diane Wegloop (married Gutwein) and then by Hester's great-granddaughter Tania Gutwein-Stanger. On 28 September 2023, Tania donated the tableware set to Kazerne Dossin.
biographical history: Hester Raizmann was born on 14 June 1893 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as the daughter of Mozes Raizmann and Gina Lorchiski. In 1913 she married Hijman Rood, born on 15 March 1895 in Amsterdam. On their wedding day Hester Raizmann received a porcelain tableware set as a gift. The family would cherish the tableware and use it on special occasions. Hijman became a diamond dealer while Hester took care of their family. Together they would have four children: Duifje (born on 5 December 1914), Fedora alias Feetje (born on 9 July 1917), Agnes (born on 25 September 1920) and Mozes (born on 5 April 1923). Sadly, Duifje Rood passed away when she was only eighteen months old. In 1939 middle daughter Fedora married Jonas Wegloop after which she inherited her mother Hester’s porcelain tableware. On 10 May 1940, Nazi-Germany invaded the Netherlands. By February 1941 Hester, her husband Hijman and their two youngest children Agnes and Mozes were living at Weesperzijde 36 in Amsterdam, while daughter Fedora and her husband Jonas Wegloop lived nearby at Weesperzijde 120. On 18 April 1942 Fedora gave birth to a daughter named Diane Wegloop, who was placed in hiding soon after. As the Nazis were trying to profit from the diamond industry as much as possible they issued passes to Dutch-Jewish diamond dealers and to skilled diamond workers which exempted them and their families temporarily from deportation. Hijman and his wife presumably received such a pass and were thus initially protected against arrest. In the course of 1943 this protection was gradually lifted. Hester and Hijman were registered at the Dutch internment camp Westerbork on 29 September 1943. On 19 May 1944 they were deported to Bergen-Belsen where the Nazis concentrated a group of Dutch-Jewish diamond workers in order for them to perform skilled labour for the German war industry. Hijman was part of this group. In Bergen-Belsen Hester last saw her daughter Fedora Rood. Fedora and her husband Jonas Wegloop had been a…
physical characteristics and technical requirements: The items are in good condition. Some are missing a few chips or have small cracks.
accruals: No further accruals are to be expected.
conditions of access: Contact Kazerne Dossin Research Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
conditions of use: Contact Kazerne Dossin Research Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
date: pre-war
has or had holder: be-002157
has or had subject: 519
has record set type: Collection
identifier: KD_00995
record resource extent: 7 digitised images (43 objects)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: This Davenport tableware set produced by Hollinshead & Kirkham in Tunstall, England, given to Hester Raizmann-Rood as a wedding gift, consists of twelve soup plates, twelve large plates, eleven dessert plates, one sauce dish, one platter for vegetables, one platter for meat, one soup tureen with lid and three vegetable bowls with lid.
title: Porcelain tableware set of Hester Raizmann-Rood. Collection