The Rabbie family in Holland before World War II

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My grandparents Levie and Leentje, and their first son Samuel


My father's parents Lena (or Leentje) and Levie Rabbie


Debbie Pisaro, married to Louis Rabbie, lived in London. Lena Rabbie, my grandmother. Jet Rabbie, my aunt married to Emmanuel van Thijn. Lena and Jet were murdered in WWII


My grandmother Leentje with her brother Lou


My father Ies, uncle Lou, and Hetty Velleman-Rabbie. Second woman from left is unknown






From left-to-right: Isaac my father, Hetty Velleman-Rabbie, her daughter Lenie, her father Sam Rabbie (my father's eldest brother), Lily Rabbie from London (my mother's eldest sister - later married name van Praagh). Children: Siegfried, myself (Maurice), my sister Helen




Myself and sister Helen at school in Amsterdam


Myself, Helen, and Siegfried in Purim costume, Amsterdam


Myself and sister


My father's father Levie Rabbie, Hettie Velleman-Rabbie, wife of Levie's eldest son Sam


Maurice, Helen, Lena (daughter of Sam, my father's brother), and Siegfried (son of my father's sister Jet, later van Thijn)


Back row left-to-right: My father Isaac Rabbie, his sister Jet (Henrietta), their father Levie Rabbie, their eldest brother Sam (Salamon), maybe Hartog (Harry) Rabbie. Bride and groom not known - they must have been close family, as the Rabbies from Holland and England were there together. Man between bride and groom not known, lady also not known, probably from Holland. Gentleman Moses Rabbie, my mother's father. Next to him Uncle Lou, brother of my father's mother. Young man Max Rabbie, next to him not known

Seated left-to-right: My grandmother Leentje Rabbie-Rabbie, Annetje Rabbie van over het Ij. Lady is my mother's mother Rebecca Rabbie-Klok. Lady with child is Debbie Rabbie-Pisaro, uncle Lou's wife.

Children left-to-right: Uncle Sam Rabbie, my mother's oldest brother, father of Maurice Philip Rabbie-Raynor. My mother Cissie (Sientje) Rabbie-Rabbie. Lily Rabbie, twin of uncle Sam, later married to Jack van Praagh. Girl with doll is mother's youngest sister Annie Rabbie-Fransman, mother of John Fransman. Small child on lady's lap is uncle Sam Rabbie, eldest son of Lou and Debbie Rabbie. He went to South Africa before WWII, and had two sons in Jo'burg - Allan and Kenneth.