Survivor's account of the building of the Burma-Siam Railway during World War II and subsequent war crimes investigations. 105 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 20 cm

Collectie 235c: Nederlanders in Londen 4. > Diversen

703 J: April 20 and 21, 1939. German boats with Nazi flag on the River Maas at Rotterdam, railway bridge in BG. Other boats. 05:43:48 Canal between Dutch houses. Barges at River Maas and liner "Statendam" in BG. Church. 05:44:27 View of Colingselstraat in Rotterdam, the main shopping street. Handing out flyers. Barges in Lloyd harbor with factory and ship in BG (used for taking merchandise from Dutch ...

Reel 4: Shows massed German troops with CUs of some faces. Allied vehicles move to meet the German advance. British, French. Belgian, Dutch and colonial troops move to the front in railway cars, trucks and on foot. Maps German advances. Hitler confers with officers. British officers confer. Gen Goering reviews airmen. German corpsmen care for wounded. Shows German military communications systems.

Mevrouw Klara Hoogendam-Woudstra is elf jaar als in Amsterdam Noord de Fokkerfabriek door de geallieerden wordt gebombardeerd, juli 1943. Ze komt uit een Gereformeerd gezin van vijf kinderen, waarbij ook de opa van moeder’s kant inwoont. Het gezin woont op een bovenhuis, moeder is huisvrouw en vader werkt bij de afdeling veren van het Gemeente Vervoer Bedrijf. Ze vertelt over de camouflage van de Fokkerfabriek, ...

De geïnterviewde wordt geïnterviewd vanwege zijn werk bij de Nederlandse Spoorwegen gedurende de oorlog. Hij heeft hierdoor te maken gekregen met de transporten van joden naar Westerbork. Eén transport heeft hij zelf ook gereden. Er wordt in het interview ingegaan op de vraag hoe er moreel met dergelijke transporten werd om gegaan en er is aandacht voor de kennis die er onder de omstanders was. Daarnaast ...

John David Herbert (birth name Heinz Herbert Karpowitz, b. March 26, 1924, in Berlin, Germany) was from an affluent Jewish family, the second child of Otto Karpowitz and Frieda Abraham. He had two sisters: Inge Johanna Karpowitz (b. 1921) and Ellen Ruth Karpowitz (b. 1929). Otto Karpowitz was the owner of the Sportspalast in Berlin, a popular venue for the Nazi Party’s speeches and rallies, and heard ...

This cluster is part of the Collection Vandevelde, created by Calixte Vandevelde from 1946 until 1968. Being member of the local resistance from 1941 to the end of the war, he was part of the preparations of this attack and gathering intelligence on the Sonder Transports including the transports from Sammellager Mecheln towards Auschwitz.

Marie-Jeanne Borghmans was born on 18 May 1937 as the only child of Jozef (Jef) Borghmans and Alice Deleu. As youngsters Jozef and Alice had been neighbours. After their wedding in 1934 the young couple first lived at Gemeentestraat in Kessel-Lo, near Leuven, and later at Albrecht Rodenbachstraat. Jozef Borghmans earned a living as a postman in the Leuven area (mainly the Kessel-Lo district). Upon ...

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 ...

Claude Lanzmann was born in Paris to a Jewish family that immigrated to France from Eastern Europe. He attended the Lycée Blaise-Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. His family went into hiding during World War II. He joined the French resistance at the age of 18 and fought in the Auvergne. Lanzmann opposed the French war in Algeria and signed a 1960 antiwar petition. From 1952 to 1959 he lived with Simone ...

The camera fades in on the courtroom. Eichmann's attorney, Dr. Robert Servatius, and Attorney General Gideon Hausner sit at their respective tables. Assistant State Attorneys Gavriel Bach and Ya'akov Bar-Or are standing near Hausner conversing. Audio begins at 00:01:31. There are shots of the courtroom from various angles. The camera zooms in on the empty booth (00:01:59). Adolf Eichmann enters the ...

This collection contains: a photocopy of a newspaper article on the death of Jozef Ber Helfgott in 1930 ; two M. Hohner brand harmonicas from the 1930s, played by Eliezer Helfgott and Israel alias Simon Helfgott ; a certificate of primary education awarded to Eliezer Helfgott, 1933 ; a pre-war photograph of Isaak and Bacia Helfgott-Faszczak, ca. 1938 ; identity certificate issued to Israel Helfgott ...

Born on 16 October, 1903, in Chelm, Poland, Moszko Szyf grew up at Poeztowa/Potchtova 28, the cherished son of Mordka Josef Szyf and Ruchla Gitla Zygiel. Mordka studied in a Talmud school with rabbi Abraham Fink, while Ruchla kept open a shop. In Chelm there was a small synagogue, built in the years 1912-1914, on the corner of Kopernika and Krzywa Streets. Moszko had two older sisters Gaja (born in ...