Copyright Holder: Eli Schaap

"Collaboration is a Very Delicate Concept": Alliance-formation and the Wars of Independence in Indonesia and Malaysia, 1945-1957' is a case study in the interface between late colonial empires and colonized societies. Unlike traditional studies that continue to focus on British or Dutch (military-political) efforts to open specific avenues towards independence, the thesis analyses how local elites, ...

location of manuscript: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 351/018 351/218

location of manuscript: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 351/061-1 351/061-2

The diary of 24-year-old Indonesian medical student Suhario Padmodiwiryo, alias "Hario Kecik:, Revolution in the City of Heroes is an evocative first-hand account of the popular uprising in Surabaya. It vividly portrays the chaotic swirl of events and the heady emotion of young people ready to sacrifice their lives for independence. Newly liberated from nearly four brutal years under Japanese control, ...

Margalit Ben Ami was born on October 9, 1937, as Gretha Dotsch in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She is the middle daughter of Samuel Dotsch (b. October 11, 1911) and Elisabeth Viskoop Dotsch (b. June 25, 1910). Samuel owned a leather goods workshop in which he produced handbags and belts. Elisabeth helped in the business, but she mainly took care of the children. The oldest daughter, Sonja, was born on January ...

Charles Paul Kogel (1910-2009) was born November 22, 1910 in Antwerp, Belgium to Chaim Kogel and Mariem Kornreiek Kogel. He had one sister, Lena, and two brothers, Isack and Saul. He was a tailor and lived in Antwerp, Belgium with his wife Leah and daughter when World War II started. He was taken to France in 1942 to perform forced labor. His wife and daughter were deported in September 1942 or 1943 ...

Allegro impetuoso Lento Allegro appassionato Allegretto leggiero Finale (Poco adagio) Program note: This string quartet is dedicated to my wife. It adheres rather closely to the "germ-cell technique" which, in Holland was inaugurated by Willem Pijper (1884-1947). In all its five movements a motif of two notes only (a descending semitone) links up all the themes. When this work was first performed, ...

Collection regarding the trials of Zoepf, Harster and Slottke in Munich during 1966-1968
 
 SS-Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Zoepf was head of the Referat IV B4 in The Hague in 1942. He administered the system of transports from Westerbork camp to the East, including the decisions regarding exemptions and deportations; Wilhelm Harster was commander of de Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und ...

Ruth Kupperschlag (1925-2019) was born in Solingen, Germany on March 3, 1925 to Josef Kupperschlag (1888-1944) and Anna Kupperschlag (née Isaac, 1894-1944) who owned the Alsberg department store in Solingen. Their second daughter, Marion (1926-1976), was born on November 20, 1926. During Kristallnacht Josef was arrested. Soon after, Anna and Josef started to arrange for Ruth and Marion to leave Germany ...

Philip Jacobs komt uit een gezin met drie kinderen waarvan hij de jongste is. Aan het begin van de oorlog beëindigt hij zijn studie tot apotheker. Voorjaar 1942 vlucht hij in zijn eentje naar Zuid-Frankrijk en komt via Curaçao in Canada terecht, waar hij zich aansluit bij de Royal Air Force. Als militair maakt hij deel uit van de bezettingsmacht in Duitsland. Na terugkomst in Nederland blijken zijn ...

bevat rapporten Tr. 924 t/m Tr. 978 en stukken over de niet-bestaande Royal Dutch Forces Entertainment (RDFE)

location of manuscript: www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl archive registration number 351/055

Kazerne Dossin Research Centre

This collection contains: the booklet ‘Jakob tekent een stad’ [Jakob draws a city], a story for young readers about a Jewish boy in Prague and the Theresienstadt ghetto during the occupation, written by Jan Van Calsteren ; a photocopy of the English translation of the booklet ‘Jakob tekent een stad’, entitled ‘The Golden City’.

1. Rondvormig rechtopstaand sigarettenblikje van het merk “Plymouth-Medium Navy Cut Virginia Cigarettes”. 2. 2 pakjes Indonesische sigaretten. Op de voorkant de merknaam “Pompa” en afbeelding van twee gekruiste fietspompen. Op de achterkant de tekst: ‘Popa Sigaret Kretek Jang Paling Baik’. 1 pakje is dicht, en 1 pakje is aangebroken met daarin nog 3 sigaretten. 3. Leeg sigarettendoosje (10 stuks) Sovjet ...

George Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. During World War II, Stevens joined the U.S. Army Signal Corps and headed a film unit from 1943 to 1946 under General Eisenhower. His unit shot footage documenting D-Day — including the only Allied European Front color film of the war — the liberation of Paris and the meeting ...

In 1756, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria commissioned the construction of the barracks to accommodate Austrian soldiers. Between 1781 and 1940, the barracks played a pure military role, which was met in various ways. Until 1914, the building served as depot for the regiments of Grenadiers, Riflemen and Third Rifles Guards. Later it became a weapon depot and from 1918, an auxiliary depot of the 7th ...

Kazerne Dossin Research Centre

Natan Ramet was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 5 June 1925 as the son of Judka Ramet (born on 21 June 1886 in Warsaw) and Sura Polakiewicz (born on 15 January 1898 in Drohosiem, Poland). He had an older sister named Felicie who was born on 27 August 1921. In 1930, the family emigrated from Poland to Belgium as they were regularly confronted with antisemitism and violence against the Jewish community in ...

Ruth Franken was born on July 15, 1937, in Haarlem, Netherlands, to Max, born on July 8, 1897, in Emmerich, Germany, and Irma Saloman, born on January 12, 1907, in Linden bei Bochum, Germany. Max served in the German Army during World War I (1914-1918), was wounded and received an Iron Cross and other military honors. He worked as an upholsterer. Irma was one of three children born to an Orthodox Jewish ...

Collection of Hauptabteilung Inneres, the Department of the Interior of the Generalkommissariat für Verwaltung und Justiz in The Hague, 1940-1941
 
 The Generalkommissariat für Verwaltung und Justiz (German Minister of Justice), Dr. Friedrich Wimmer, established the Hauptabteilung Inneres (Department of the Interior), which was subordinate to his office, in 1940; the department was headed ...

Collection of the Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung (Office for the Deportation of Jews), the Höhere SS und Polizeiführer - HSSPF department, Amsterdam, 1942-1944
 
 The Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung, Office for the Deportation/ Emigration of Jews, was a Nazi organization that was active at the start in Vienna and later on also in Amsterdam; the Zentralstelle für jüdische ...