Testimony of Yaakov Jaap Ros, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Amsterdam, Westerbork, in hiding in homes in a village and Haren
Testimony of Yaakov Jaap Ros, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Amsterdam, Westerbork, in hiding in homes in a village and Haren
Testimony
Testimony of Yaakov Jaap Ros, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1937, regarding his experiences as a child in Amsterdam, Westerbork, in hiding in homes in a village and Haren
Life before the war; religious family.
Outbreak of the war; work of his father sending parcels to the Red Cross; receives permission to stay in Amsterdam; order to report with baggage, summer 1943; deportation to Westerbork; camp life; his father is appointed the block elder; release due to the Red Cross claiming they need a father; "Aktion" by the Germans; escape to be hidden by a village family; life in the village; suicide of the woman and move to the north of Holland; life in Haren in a home of a family with hardships; life with a fictitious story about escape due to the air-raids over Rotterdam; special contact with the older daughter; life with German soldiers in the home; liberation, 1945.
Reunion with his parents; life in the Netherlands; knowledge about the life of his father during the war with the help of forged documents; membership of his father in the underground; passing of information to the underground by German soldiers; his father is appointed mayor of Amerongen by the Germans in 1940; obtains various permissions by tricking the Germans for the benefit of the underground.
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6738789
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Jaap
Yaakov
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Ros
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1937
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Testimony
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English
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O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives