## ***SEPHARDIC WORLD MEETING - SUNDAY 10 JANUARY***## ***THE DUTCH PIMENTEL FAMILY - HISTORY AND HOLOCAUST***This week we bring you three expert speakers.The Pimentel are one of the oldest Sephardic families in The Netherlands. ***Henk Dijkman** *will discuss the family history, stretching back to Medieval Spain. ***Fokko Weerstra** *tells the story of Jacques Pimentel during the Shoah. Along with some other Sephardim, he tried to use his distant Catholic ancestry to escape deportation to Poland by the Nazis. ***Esther Shaya*** discusses Henriette Pimentel - one of the unsung heroes of the Holocaust - who saved the lives of six hundred children being held prisoner at the Hollandsche Schouwburg-theatre.We are hoping to trace people saved by Henriette and their family members. If you know anyone, please forward this message.Sunday, Jan 10, 2021. 2pm NYC, 7pm London, 8pm Amsterdam/Paris, 9pm Jerusalem.Join Zoom Meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86549610494If you can't get into the Zoom meeting, there is an overflow on Facebook at:https://www.facebook.com/sephardicgenealogyThanks to everyone who supports our work. If you are not already a patron, please consider a small monthly donation. As little as $5/month makes a huge difference.https://www.patreon.com/sephardiIf you want to receive our messages in your email, please sign up to our email list, and you will receive our announcements, plus a reminder on Saturday evening or Sunday morning. Sign-up page:https://mailchi.mp/sephardicgenealogy/ars1w3v45eBest wishes,Ton Tielen and David Mendoza***Sephardic World***Two books about the Pimentel were published very recently: "*Wacht maar*", a biography of Henriette Pimentel by Esther Shaya and Frank Hemminga, and "*1943, Het lot van de familie Pimentel*", by Henk Dijkman and Fokko Weerstra.