LL-L: "Genealogy" LOWLANDS-L, 02.JAN.2001 (01) [E]

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From: Pepijn Hendriks [pepijnh at bigfoot.com]
Subject: LL-L: "Genealogy" LOWLANDS-L, 01.JAN.2001 (02) [E]

TAWR [tawr30 at cablelan.net] wrote:

>3. I am researching her "PULS"oancesters in the Amsterdam area.

If you were not already aware of it, the following might be of
interest.

There used to be a removal company by that name in Amsterdam
before and during the Second World War. It became very notorious,
as it was the company that came and removed valuable goods from
the houses of Jewish citizens who had been deported by the
Germans. This action was actually referred to by the general
population with the verb _pulsen_.

I don't know what happened to the company afterwards, although I
can imagine that it was dissolved.

-Pepijn

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