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The Zanoli family of the village of Eemnes the Netherlands, Righteous Among the Nations.
A Dutch Jewish boy, Elchanan Pinto (later - Hameiri), lived with them in hiding for over two years.
In the photo:
Wilhelmus - Wil Zanoli (standing on the left), the family's younger son;
Georg Zanoli (standing, center), the younger son;
Johanes - Joop Zanoli (standing on the right);
Henk de Bont (seated on the left), the husband of Alida Zanoli;
Alida (second from the left);
on her knees the couple's son, Harry de Bont;
Jans (center), the mother of the family;
Gertraude - Tros Zanoli (seated second on the right);
and the son, Henk Zanoli (seated on the bench's armrest).
Notes:
1) Henk Zanoli, the father of the family, was arrested by the Nazis and died in a Nazi camp.
2) Henk de Bont was killed by the Nazis.
3) The photograph was given to Elchanan Pinto - Hameiri in October 1945, when he parted from his rescuers.
4) See Holdings Registry file No. 29727 in the GFH Archives for more information about Elchanan Pinto, his rescuers and his family. Close