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    Dick Kattenburg (11 November 1919 in Amsterdam – 1944 in Auschwitz) was a Dutch Jewish composer who was murdered at Auschwitz at the age of 24. His works...
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    of Kattenburg island for the construction of an arsenal and ship yard. The arsenal was quickly constructed on the southern extremity of Kattenburg island...
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    Bijltjesoproer (category 18th century in Amsterdam)
    Kattenburgoproer ("Kattenburg Riot") of 30 May 1787 was an uprising of Dutch Orangist ship carpenters in the Kattenburg quarter of Amsterdam against the city's...
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    Admiraliteitstraat. Around 1655, the wharfs of the Admiralty of Amsterdam were moved to the islands of Kattenburg and Oostenburg. The Admiraliteitslijnbaan was constructed...
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    at Uilenburg (Amsterdam), but around 1620 moved to Rapenburg and then around 1655 to the Eastern Islands (Oostelijke Eilanden), Kattenburg and Oostenburg...
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    Amsterdam Centraal station and Amsterdam Muiderpoort railway station. The Nieuwe Vaart was created in the 17th century when the island of Kattenburg was...
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    NEMO (museum) (category Museums in Amsterdam)
    Amsterdam-Centrum borough, situated between the Oosterdokseiland and the Kattenburg. The museum has its origins in 1923, and is housed in a building designed...
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    Oostelijke Eilanden (category Neighbourhoods of Amsterdam)
    Islands and Quays), is a neighbourhood in the centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, consisting of Kattenburg, Wittenburg and Oostenburg. The islands are bounded...
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  • finishing fourth against New Democratic Party candidate Brian Masse. Kattenburg is a radio documentary producer and science educator in Manitoba, Canada...
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    Abraham Storck (category Painters from Amsterdam)
    widow Neeltje Pieters van Meyservelt. At the end of his life he lived on Kattenburg near the harbour. Storck's marine and river scenes were influenced by...
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