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- Title:
- Anonymous eyewitness account by a Dutch Jewess of her family's experience at Vught, Westerbork and Bergen Belsen concentration camps
- Summary:
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Report describes the infinite kindness of the Dutch. Anti-Jewish laws in Holland, 1941 - 1943. 60% of the Jews who at first succeeded to live underground were caught later. “Sperrstempel”. Mrs B., her husband and their two children are sent from Vught to Westerbork (good hospital in this camp which is run by Jews) and deported to Bergen Belsen in March1944. Here it proved an advantage that Mrs B. was British by birth. Exchange Camp : 5 categories of privileged Jews. Shameful conditions in the other camps. “Presstempel”. “Sperrstempel”. When finally the B. family was sent off, Mr B. died on the train and their young daughter died some days later, after their liberation by the Russians. Mrs B. is now living in London with her son.
- Witness:
- Anonymous woman
- Number of pages:
- 15 pieces
- Date(s):
- 1955
- Catalogue ID:
- 105685
- Reference number:
- 1656/3/8/14b
- Language:
- English
- Location:
- Netherlands
- Date Range:
- 1939-1945
- Type of Material:
- Eyewitness account