SALLY NOACH

Disbelief

Capita Selecta

I have named this part '”Capita Selecta'”. In my own way, I try shining a light on several people that I have come across in my father's small personal archive. This is purely because I was keen to either learn more about them (Armand Eismann, for example) or because they have become well-known personalities after the war (Max Appelboom, for example). More people will be added depending on the information and documentation that I will be able to find. I would be very grateful for any information provided by any visitors of this website.

Armand Eisman(n)

Max Appelboom

Jaap Hinderink

Bijzonder boek, bijzonder cadeau

info@sallynoach.com

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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.