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The Sarphatipark is a public urban park located in the stadsdeel Amsterdam Oud-Zuid in Amsterdam Netherlands. 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.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 Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942.
