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Testimony of Herbert N. Kruskal, a Dutch Jew, regarding his experiences following the German occupation

Testimony of Herbert N. Kruskal, a Dutch Jew, regarding his experiences following the German occupation Deportation of refugees from the Netherlands to Mauthausen, September 1941; the Judenrat in Amsterdam; the Weinreb Affair; the structure of the Westerbork camp and deportations to annihilation camps; lists of candidates for aliya to Eretz Israel.

File Number : 100

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : English

Documentation of the Luss family from Frankfurt, and the memoirs of Herbert Kruskal regarding his experiences in Westerbork and Bergen Belsen camps in 1942-1944

Documentation of the Luss family from Frankfurt, and the memoirs of Herbert Kruskal regarding his experiences in 1942-1944 (written in Israel in 1944) Detention of the family on 16 September 1942 and deportation to Westerbork; transfer of the father, 80 years old, to a hospital and his deportation to Westerbork in February 1943; life in the camp; search for ways to be saved; stories of attempts to save Jews in the Netherlands (Weinreb's lists, regarding the activities of Dr. Callmeyer and more); transfer to Bergen Belsen camp in April 1944 as part of an exchange deal; arrival of the prisoners in Eretz Israel...

File Number : 12018

Type of Material : Correspondence, Memoirs

Language : German