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Wijsmuller Gertruida (Meijer)

Righteous

Wijsmuller, Geertruida (Meijer) Resistance worker Geertruida Wijsmuller fought courageously to save thousands of Jews from certain death at the hands of the Nazis. Geertruida, or Truus, as her friends called her, was born in Alkmaar into a prosperous well-connected family and lived from 1913 in Amsterdam. In December 1938, Truus went to meet Adolph Eichmann in Vienna to request permission for 600 Jewish children to leave Austria for England. She was given permission to take 600 Jewish children to England under the provision that they leave within five days. Despite the bureaucratic problems the children...

Nationality : The Netherlands

Fate : Imprisoned

Letter of testimony written by Bernhard Kramarsky regarding the experiences of his family in Hamburg, their emigration to the Netherlands and rescue by Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer, 1940

Letter of testimony written by Bernhard Kramarsky regarding the experiences of his family in Hamburg, their emigration to the Netherlands and rescue by Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer, 1940 - Letter of testimony written in Syracuse, the United States, to Joseph [Beigel], 23 May 1992, by Bernhard Kramarsky, born in Germany, 1927, regarding the experiences of his family during the Holocaust; - Regarding Bernhard's family: religion and faith; emigration of the family from Hamburg to the Netherlands, 1933; his mother's death in 1934; Bernhard's Bar-Mitzvah in Amsterdam, April 1940; German occupation of the...

File Number : 8987

Type of Material : Letter of Testimony, Excerpt(s)

Language : English

Testimony

Collective testimony of Gertud Wijsmuller-Meijer, Righteous Among the Nations, born in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, 1896, and Miriam (Graupe) Guttman, born in Hamburg, Germany, 1921, regarding Gertud's experiences rescuing Jewish children in Westerbork, Theresienstadt and Vienna Life before the war. German occupation; activities of Gertud rescuing Jewish children and transferring them to different countries; Gertud's rescue activities in Westerbork; Gertud's rescue activities in Theresienstadt; negotiation with senior Germans in Vienna; liberation, 1945. Gertud receives a letter of appreciation from the...

File Number : 3076

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Dutch, German

Testimony of B. Wijsmuller, regarding the move of Jewish children from Germany, the rescue of JDC representatives, help to the Netherlands Jews, and other matters, 1938-1945

Testimony of B. Wijsmuller, regarding the move of Jewish children from Germany, the rescue of JDC representatives, help to the Netherlands Jews, and other matters, 1938-1945 Activities to rescue Jewish children from Germany, 1938-1945; move of children from Germany to England via the Netherlands; affair regarding the "St. Louis" ship; meetings in Berlin with Gestapo people regarding the move of children; systematic transports of children to the United States, November and December 1939; transport of children from Belgium to Eretz Israel; rescue of two representatives of the JDC organization; activities to...

File Number : 95

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Dutch

Mendel Waszmiler

Person

Wisznice

Poland

Mendel Waszmiler was born to Szania and Haja Sura. He was child. Prior to WWII he lived in Wisznice, Poland. During the war he was in Wisznice, Poland.

The Information on Mendel Waszmiler is based on 1 records

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Icek Waszmiler

Person

Wisznice

Poland

Icek Waszmiler was born to Szania and Haja Sura. He was child. Prior to WWII he lived in Wisznice, Poland. During the war he was in Wisznice, Poland.

The Information on Icek Waszmiler is based on 1 records

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Szania Waszmiler

Person

Wisznice

Poland

Szania Waszmiler was born to Estera. He was married to Haja Sura. Prior to WWII he lived in Wisznice, Poland. During the war he was in Wisznice, Poland.

The Information on Szania Waszmiler is based on 1 records

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Henko Lejbko Waszmiler

Person

Wisznice

Poland

Henko Lejbko Waszmiler was born to Szania and Haja Sura. He was child. Prior to WWII he lived in Wisznice, Poland. During the war he was in Wisznice, Poland.

The Information on Henko Lejbko Waszmiler is based on 1 records

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Haja Sura Waszmiler

Person

Wisznice

Poland

Haja Sura Waszmiler was born to Wolf and Brandla. She was married to Szania. Prior to WWII she lived in Wisznice, Poland. During the war she was in Wisznice, Poland.

The Information on Haja Sura Waszmiler is based on 1 records

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Two articles from the weekly publication, "Libelle", regarding the rescue of Jews in the Netherlands, 1938-1946

Two articles from the weekly publication, "Libelle", regarding the rescue of Jews in the Netherlands, 1938-1946 - First article: the suffering of Janneke C., a Dutch woman, because her parents joined the underground during the war; her father's death in a concentration camp in Germany; help given to Janneke C. by the ICODO (Coordination of Services to Victims of War) Organization, in order to overcome the traumas she underwent (pp. 18-21); - Second article: Rescue of the Scheinowitz family from Leipzig, who escaped to the Netherlands after Kristallnacht, 1938; smuggling out of four female family members...

File Number : 83

Type of Material : Newspaper

Language : Dutch

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