Frans Pointl

Frans Pointl werd op 1 augustus 1933 in Amsterdam geboren als zoon van een Joodse moeder, Rebecca van Dam, en een Oostenrijkse vader, de kunstschilder, cineast, fotograaf en muzikant Christian Pointl. Frans groeide op in Heemstede. Zijn ouders scheidden toen hij vijf jaar was.

In 1942 ging Rebecca van Dam bij familie in Amsterdam wonen, aan de Waalstraat. Frans werd bij een pleeggezin in Krommenie ondergebracht. Later verhuisde hij naar een kindertehuis. Meteen na de oorlog werd Frans herenigd met zijn moeder, die bijna haar gehele familie verloren had. Samen betrokken zij een eenvoudige huurkamer aan de Stalinlaan, de latere Vrijheidslaan. Frans begon aan een MULO-opleiding en bleef na het behaalde examen bij zijn moeder wonen. Rebecca over

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