The Sarphatipark () is a public

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located in the ''

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'' Amsterdam Oud-Zuid in

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. The park is named after Samuel Sarphati. In 1942, the park was renamed "Bollandpark" after G.J.P.J. Bolland, because Samuel Sarphati was a Jew. The old name was restored after the war in 1945.Amsterdam, straatnamen 1940-1945
. Verzetsmuseum. Retrieved on 2008-07-18. The Dutch painter Mommie Schwarz and his wife Else Berg lived adjacent to the park from 1927 until their deportation to, and execution at, the

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in 1942. Some of their last works were landscape paintings of the park.

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