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Righteous Among the Nations
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1527668 · wikidata
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Gisèle van Waterschoot van der Gracht
1912-09-11 – 2013-05-27
Life & Legacy
Gisèle d'Ailly van Waterschoot van der Gracht (11 September 1912 – 28 May 2013), also known by the mononym Gisèle, was a Dutch visual artist. During World War II, she operated a safe house out of her home for a group of young Jewish people in one of the apartments at the Herengracht 401, in the center of Amsterdam.
In 2019 a report was published by former judge Frans Bauduin about years of structural sexual abuse conducted by Wolfgang Frommel in the house of Gisele.
Occupation & Career
artist, publisher, painter, glass artist, resistance fighter, textile artist, stained-glass artist, weaver, ceramicist, graphic artist, glass painter
Faith & Community
Latin Church
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Righteous Among the Nations; Order of Orange-Nassau; Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau · Order of Orange-Nassau · Righteous Among the Nations
Church
Latin Church
Employer
Frans Nicolas & Sons
Verified Legacy Record
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Order of Orange-Nassau
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1527668 · wikidata
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Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1527668 · wikidata
Faith Community
Latin Church
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1527668 · wikidata
Family Father
Willem Anton Joseph Maria Waterschoot van der Gracht
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1527668 · wikidata
Family Spouse
Arnold Jan d'Ailly
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1527668 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q1527668 — wikidata View source
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