Alex Veder wil zo snel mogelijk uit Suriname weg. Wellicht kan Sally Noach helpen om een verblijfsvergunning in Engeland te verzorgen.
Alex Veder uit Paramaribo aan Miss Greenhow in Manchester 10/12/1943 Read More »
Felix schrijft over hun verblijf in New York en zijn bereidheid en die van anderen om Sally te helpen bij de repatriëring van zijn vriendin naar Londen.
Felix Levenbach uit New York 05/12/1943 Read More »
The Dutch government felt that the ‘uncivilised’ diplomat needed to comply more with the (German and Vichy-French) rules. The high class and often anti-semitic members of the Dutch diplomatic service didn’t naturally gel with Sally Noach, an uneducated seller of carpets.
Sally’s son Jacques Noach (London, 1946) carried out extensive research into the ‘Sally Noach File’ and discovered some shocking revelations about the ‘support’ the London-based Dutch government provided to Dutch refugees. If it had been down to the Dutch civil servants, all Dutch refugees would have immediately been sent back from France to occupied Holland. There were also clear signs of a ‘politically correct’ form of antisemitism. Sally was discredited by the Dutch government and referred to as ‘uncivilised’. The Dutch Consul-General in France, Ate Sevenster articulated it clearly: “Jewish refugees are the lowest class.”
In 1969, Sally Noach was awarded the Royal Dutch Honorary Cross by Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. From the Dutch government however, Sally received only contempt. He published his war memoirs, titled “It had to be done” in 1971. Those memoirs have been included within this book.