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Testimony of Rivka van Coevorden née van Amstel, born in 1924 in Coevorden, Netherlands, about her experiences in Amsterdam and in hiding in the Netherlands during the war

Testimony

Life before the war; offspring of a family that had lived in the Netherlands since 1400; moving to Amsterdam in 1938; war breaks out in 1940; deportation to a labor camp; escape; assigned to farm labor; marries and gives birth to a daughter; hiding in various places; liberation; reunited with daughter; life after the war; immigration to Israel in 1951; adjustment to life in Israel.

File Number : 13536

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Translation of a letter written by Regina Silber to Arthur Davies regarding the rescue of her oldest daughter, 1939; three letters sent by the Committee for Special Jewish Interests in the Netherlands to Arthur Davies regarding the rescue of Regina Silber's children from Germany, 1939-1940 - Copy of a translation of a letter written by Regina Silber in Nuremberg, Germany, to Arthur Davies in Bristol, Shirehampton, England, regarding the rescue of her oldest daughter, 17 August 1939; - Copy of three letters sent by the Committee for Special Jewish Interests in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Arthur Davies...

File Number : 2018

Type of Material : Letter

Language : English

To be translated

File Number : 13397

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Personal documentation belonging to Jacoba "Bobby" Coster Lucas regarding the activities of the Dutch Comite voor Hulp aan Buitenlandsche Kinderen (Committee to Help Children from Abroad) that she established and more, 1938-1940 Official documents and correspondence of Jacoba "Bobby" Coster Lucas regarding the activities of the Dutch Comite voor Hulp aan Buitenlandsche Kinderen that she established and the transfer of Jewish children from Germany and Austria to the Netherlands, 1938-1940; - Memoirs of Jacoba "Bobby" Coster Lucas' rescue attempts before the German occupation and documentation regarding...

File Number : 136

Type of Material : Correspondence, Article, Memoirs, Official Documentation

Language : English, Dutch

Newspaper reports, radio broadcasts and articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1937

Newspaper reports, radio broadcasts and articles regarding the murder of Wilhelm Gustloff and the David Frankfurter Trial, 1936-1937 Pages 1-7: Auszuege (excerpts) from reports in German and non-German newspapers regarding the David Frankfurter Trial sent by the Jewish Central Information Office in Amsterdam to its subscribers; the Nazi propaganda before the trial; the direction of the Nazi report during the trial; the Nazi propaganda after the conviction; the Swiss press versus the Nazi propaganda orientation; reports in the Dutch press; reports in the Danish and Swedish press; reports in the Czech press;...

File Number : 10

Type of Material : Newspaper Clippings, Article

Language : English, German, Yiddish

Correspondence of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) administration in Krakow and Warsaw with Jewish institutions and organizations abroad, 12 February 1940-08 February 1942

Correspondence of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) administration in Krakow and Warsaw with Jewish institutions and organizations abroad, 12 February 1940-08 February 1942 - Requests sent by institutions and organizations abroad and personal applications to the JDC administration in Krakow to locate the addresses of Jews in Poland; - Applications from organizations abroad and personal applications to the JDC administration in Krakow requesting relief for individuals; - Requests to receive financial assistance from institutions and organizations abroad and confirmation of receipt of aid; -...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Letter, Telegram

Language : Slovak, Polish, French, English, German

Testimony of Ada Chana Bondi Pinkhof, born in 1934 in Amsterdam, Netherlands; about her deportation to Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen

Testimony

Testimony of Ada Chana Bondi Pinkhof, born in 1934 in Amsterdam, Netherlands; about her deportation to Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen Childhood in a religious Zionist family; father is an accountant and a violinist; four relatives immigrate to Eretz Israel; family adopts a Jewish woman refugee who escaped from Germany after 1938 and would be murdered in 1940; hiding valuables with a Dutch neighbor; some would be returned; witness studies Hebrew and Dutch with a private tutor after the Netherlands are occupied in 1940; movement restrictions; shopping time restrictions; paltry food ration; acquires...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Kler (maiden name: Veinberg) Shtraus, born in 1914 in Fulda, Germany, regarding her experiences in Strasbourg and hiding in Paris and in the Copenhagen area – and aliya to Israel in 1936 and more. Childhood in Fulda after World War I in 1918; the family’s difficult financial situation; antisemitism and abuse by a teacher in Germany; the Nazis’ rise to power in 1933; her brother transported to forced labor in the Fulda area in 1933; the rise of antisemitism and life under the Nazi authorities in 1933; work as a nanny for a Jewish family in Strasbourg in 1933; moving to Haguenau to work for a...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

Testimony of Miriam (Dasberg) Rotem, born in 1940 in Hilversum, Netherlands, about hiding in the Netherlands during the war in 1943–1945

Testimony

Testimony of Miriam (Dasberg) Rotem, born in 1940 in Hilversum, Netherlands, about hiding in the Netherlands during the war in 1943–1945 Childhood; a Zionist Orthodox family; parents are educators; war erupts; preparing for deportation; family hides with help from a priest and the resistance; concealers treat them well; witness poses as a Christian; attends church; war ends; family reunited; activity in a children's home; preparing to immigrate to Eretz Israel; immigration in 1948; adjustment to life in Israel.

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew