movement in Amsterdam in some depth. Braatbard wrote, "As long as the world shall exist, never again will there be a time like these twelve years." Braatbard documented the succession battles of the
House of Orange and the tax collectors' rebellion or
pachtersoproer of 1748. He compares
Daniel Raap to
Haman, and had great confidence in
William IV, Prince of Orange, who was a friend of
Isaac de Pinto. Braatbard's manuscript likely remained in private possession until 1940 and was found after
World War II in the ruins of Jewish Amsterdam. It portrays his strong opinions of the political events in Amsterdam in idiomatic Yiddish and
Ashkenazic cursive according to the common usage at the time, and does not reflect above-average education. He also uses a number of Hebrew words and
Dutch words. It was translated by
Leo Fuks in 1960 who brought it to wider knowledge. The chronicle was likely written after 1755. It ends in 1751, at which time Braatbard had taken over his father's business. ==Personal life==