Singel 230-236: paper trading company
To keep a closer eye on the Dutch, everyone had to carry an identity card (persoonsbewijs – PB) at all times from 1941 onwards. A large J was stamped into the identity cards of Jewish people. Paper trading firm Van Gelder, which was located at this address, supplied the card for the identity cards. This particular type of card was difficult to forge. That is why the resistance movement tried to steal the cardboard in armed robberies. Stacks of stolen blank PBs can be seen at the Resistance Museum.
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