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Collection of the Ministerie van Algemene Zaken (Ministry for General Affairs), regarding the treatment of the Jews in the Netherlands by the Dutch government, 1938-1942

Collection of the Ministerie van Algemene Zaken (Ministry for General Affairs), regarding the treatment of the Jews in the Netherlands by the Dutch government, 1938-1942 The Ministerie van Algemene Zaken (Ministry for General Affairs) in The Hague dealt during 1938-1942 with the governing of the Netherlands during the German occupation, economic [general?] matters related to war, Nazi issues, and the organization of relief by het Nederlandsche Roode Kruis (the Dutch Red Cross) and Winterhulp; the Ministry for General Affairs dealt with the matter of the strikes in February 1941 and May 1943; Included in...

Type of Material : Official Documentation

Language : Dutch, German

Diary of Chaja Waterman, sister of Mirjam (Waterman) Pinkhof in the Netherlands, 1940-1947

Diary of Chaja Waterman, sister of Mirjam (Waterman) Pinkhof in the Netherlands, 1940-1947 - Volume I: Chaja Waterman's work in the De Werkplaats School directed by Kees Boeke in Bilthoven; Zionist pioneer activities and waiting for authorization to make aliya to Eretz Israel (pp. 1-95), 02 June-12 October 1940; - Volume II: More descriptions of Zionist activities; reactions to various anti-Jewish decrees (pp. 96-287), 13 October 1940-31 January 1941; - Volume III: The Magen youth movement; reactions to the 1941 February Strike and the "Aktion" in Amsterdam (p. 316); Seder night with the religious...

File Number : 27

Type of Material : Diary

Language : Dutch

Personal documentation belonging to Mirjam (Waterman) Pinkhof and her family from the Netherlands, 1929-1992

Personal documentation belonging to Mirjam (Waterman) Pinkhof and her family from the Netherlands, 1929-1992 - Certificates marking achievements in the fields of education and sports; - Letters, postcards and poems written by family members and friends during the period before the war, during the war and after the war; - Documents from the time that Mirjam Pinkhof worked as a teacher including documents related to the private school which she administered in Loosdrecht for Jewish children whom the Nazis had expelled from government schools; - Documents from Mirjam Pinkhof's period of underground...

File Number : 16

Type of Material : Personal Documents, Identity Card, Personal Records, Poem/song, Postcard, Passport, Documents, Letter, Administrative Documentation

Language : Hebrew, French, Dutch

Documentation regarding the activities of Helena de Jong, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1923, in the resistance movement during World War II, 1940-1945

Documentation regarding the activities of Helena de Jong, born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1923, in the resistance movement during World War II, 1940-1945 Questionnaires containing questions regarding: - Personal data; - From the time of the German occupation until the February strike (February 1941); - From February 1941-summer 1942, beginning of the deportations to Poland; - Deportations to concentration camps; - Active resistance and contacts with illegal organizations; Testimony of Gideon Drach, Haifa, regarding Helena de Jong (also known as Carli Oroszlan), her maintenance and...

File Number : 5169

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Dutch, German

Directives issued by Wilhelm Harster regarding the Jews of the Netherlands, August 1943, and notes by Willi Lages concerning books published after the war dealing with the persecution of the Dutch Jews by the Nazis, 1952-1953 - Secret circulars sent in August 1943 by SS- Brigadefuehrer und Generalmajor der Polizei, Wilhelm Harster, to the Zentralstelle fuer juedische Auswanderung (Central Office for Jewish Emigration) in Amsterdam, the administration of the Vught camp and the Westerbork camp and all the local offices dealing with matters pertaining to the Jews with directives on the following topics: -...

File Number : 40

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Document

Language : German

Directives and notices issued by the German regime in the Netherlands regarding steps to be taken against the Jews following the 1941 February Strike, 1941-1943

Directives and notices issued by the German regime in the Netherlands regarding steps to be taken against the Jews following the 1941 February Strike, 1941-1943 - Notice sent by Hanns Albin Rauter, the Generalkommissar for Security, to the Senior Officer of the SS and the Police regarding the events during which acid was thrown on SIPO personnel by young Jews (p. 1), 19 January 1941; - Notice issued by the underground calling for a protest strike following persecution of the Jews (pp. 2-3); - Newspaper clipping with Nazi propaganda (p. 6); - Cautionary placard with a warning from De Vlugt, the Mayor...

File Number : 14

Type of Material : Placards, Official Documentation, Newspaper

Language : Dutch, German

Memoirs of Wolf Rosenblatt, born in Bielsko, Poland, 1922, resident of Rozendaal, regarding his escape from the Netherlands to Switzerland and back between 1942 and 1945

Memoirs of Wolf Rosenblatt, born in Bielsko, Poland, 1922, resident of Rozendaal, regarding his escape from the Netherlands to Switzerland and back between 1942 and 1945 Childhood; transfer from a school in Bielsko to an institution for Jewish children in Aurich following the rise of Hitler; studies at the gymnasium; immigration to Rozendaal, Netherlands; studies; transfer to Belgium due to antisemitism at school; return to Rozendaal in May 1940; while in Amsterdam, evading a raid (Razzia) following a strike in February 1941; return to Rozendaal; his parents are introduced to Jacques Mol from Bergen op Zoom,...

File Number : 10247

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Dutch

Pamphlet titled (in translation) "To Live until Further Notice, " containing the memoirs of the Holocaust survivor Kamil Polacek (b. 1902 in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia) for the years 1902–1951

Pamphlet titled (in translation) "To Live until Further Notice," containing the memoirs of the Holocaust survivor Kamil Polacek (b. 1902 in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia) for the years 1902–1951. The witness' adolescence, antisemitic manifestations among Czech youth, attending the high technical school in Dresden, Germany, and student life there; returning to Pilsen and working for the Auto Trade company as a chemist at a potash plant in Kolin; his attempts to emigrate to the Netherlands in view of the upturn in antisemitic manifestations after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia; difficulties in obtaining an...

File Number : 10088

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : German

Report by Levi Wolf, a resident of Amsterdam, Netherlands, regarding his experiences and the experiences of his family in the Netherlands during the war, from 1940-1945

Report by Levi Wolf, a resident of Amsterdam, Netherlands, regarding his experiences and the experiences of his family in the Netherlands during the war, from 1940-1945 Marriage as a young man and working with his father, owner of five butcher shops; life in the Netherlands from 31 March 1940 until the end of the war in May 1945: Air-raids on Rotterdam; flight of Queen Wilhelmina with her family and members of the Dutch government to London; unsuccessful attempt to escape with his family from Ijmuiden to England on 15 May 1940; life in the first year of German occupation; appointment of Arthur...

File Number : 8990

Type of Material : Survey Report

Language : Dutch

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