Marjorie Bottenheim

After a few years she was offered a permanent position as librarian and research associate. Bottenheim was also secretary of the Royal Dutch Antiquarian Society (KOG) and, for a short while, a curator at the Jewish Historical Museum. With the Second World War looming, Bottenheim ensured that the Print Room’s books, drawings and prints were taken to a place of safety. During the German occupation of the Netherlands, the Nazis forced her resignation due to her Jewish origin. She spent the following years living in hiding at the home of the Rijksmuseum’s bookbinder. When the war ended, she was reinstated in her position at the Print Room, where she continued to work until her retirement in 1965. Marjorie Bottenheim was also a collector of prints and art objects, and she donated 12 of the objects to the Rijksmuseum.