us-005578-irn50989-irn49152
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scope and content: Bound booklet,"Kwatrijnen van Omar Khayya" [Poetry of Omar Khayyam) that was printed in secret in 1944 in German occupied Holland as a cover and fund raiser for resistance activities. It was based on the English text and the translator used the pseudonym, Ponticus. It was given to Andries Roos, who was a forger of ID and ration cards for the Dutch resistance. On May 10, 1940, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands where Andries lived with his wife, Rozet, 2 year old son, Leo, and brother, sister-in-law, and niece, Abraham, Rachel, and Leni Roos. In summer 1940, Andries and Rozet went into hiding and Leo and Leni, an infant, were sent to a children’s home. Leo was caught in an SS raid, but Andries, a forger for the Dutch resistance, arranged his rescue. Leo and his parents lived in hiding in Amsterdam until 1943, when they moved to Ede, then in early 1944, Heelsum. In September, they were caught between American and German troops during Operation Market Garden. The family was briefly detained by the SS, and then left for Wageningen. The Germans raided their hiding place and Andries was caught with his forging equipment. Andries, 42, was executed on November 9, 1944. Leo and Rozet were hidden on a farm in Lunteren, where they were liberated in May 1945. They returned to Amsterdam in late 1945 and learned that most of their family had been killed in the camps. Leni's parents had been killed and Rozet obtained custody of the girl from the family that rescued her. Rozet, Leo, and Leni emigrated to the United States in 1950.
biographical history: Andries Roos was born on December 16, 1901, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Hartog and Leentje Kool Roos. Andries had eight siblings: Abraham Meijer, born January 3, 1911; Leon, Louis, Philip, Yap, Rachel, Anna, and Avalina. Andries’s father Hartog was born on July 30, 1874, and his mother Leentje was born on July 10, 1875. On December 24, 1930, Andries married Roosje (Rozet) Agsteribbe. Rozet was born on March 6, 1905, in Amsterdam, to Joseph and Kaatje de Rood Agsteribbe. Rozet had two sisters: Sophia, born December 1, 1909, and Rachel, born June 5, 1907. Rozet’s father Joseph was born on August 8, 1879, and her mother Kaatje was born on March 22, 1870. Both of their families had lived in the Netherlands for centuries. Andries’s brother Abraham married Rozet’s sister Rachel. Rozet was a seamstress and Andries sold leather goods and traveled for work. They had a son, Leo, on November 10, 1937. Andries, Rozet, and Leo moved to a town outside of Amsterdam. They lived with Andries’s brother and sister-in-law, Abraham and Rachel, who had a daughter, Helene (Leni) in 1940. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded Holland. After the invasion, Andries' family moved back to Amsterdam with Abraham, Rachel, and Leni. When anti-Jewish restrictions prevented Andries from traveling, he worked with his brothers in their watch store. As the persecution of Jews worsened, the family decided to go into hiding. Andries, Rozet, Abraham, and Rachel were not able to bring their young children into hiding with them because it was too risky. In summer 1940, Leo and his cousin Leni were sent to a children’s home in Heemstede, where Leo was molested. Andries and Rozet were hidden in the apartment of a resistance member in Amsterdam. Abraham and Rachel, who was pregnant, hid elsewhere. After three months, the children’s home was raided and Andries’s son Leo was brought to a collection center in Amsterdam. Leni did not look Jewish and remained in the home. Andries was active in the Dutch resistance and…
archival history: The booklet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Leo Roos, the son of Andries Roos.
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physical characteristics and technical requirements: 27 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. With poetry in numbered stanzas and illustrations by John Buckland Wright on facing pages. Imprint date from colophon 1944. Dit is no. 40. Printed on watermarked paper."Deze twee en veertig kwatrijnen van Omar Khayyam werden door den dichter Ponticus in de Nederlandsche taal uit de Engelsche bewerking van Edward Fitzgerald overgebracht"
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title: Rubaiyat. Dutch Booklet
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