Monne de Miranda

Salomon Rodrigues de Miranda, known to everyone as Monne, was born on Nieuwe Kerkstraat. At eleven he went to work in the diamond industry, under the wing of union leader Henri Polak. In 1917 he joined the board of the General Dutch Diamond Workers' Union.

In 1919 he became alderman of Amsterdam for the SDAP, and remained so until 1939. He was responsible for housing, food supply and the bathhouses and swimming pools, and set up the Central Market Halls. In July 1922 he opened De Dageraad, the housing complex by De Klerk and Kramer.

During the war he spoke at illegal meetings and cared for the families of prisoners. On 18 July 1942 he was arrested. He died on 3 November 1942 in Amersfoort camp, as a result of mistreatment. After the war the open-air pool in the Rivierenbuurt was named after him: the De Mirandabad. De Mirandalaan also bears his name.