Jan de Jong: diaries

Identifier
WL1719
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 71152
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Jan 1943
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Jan de Jong was born in 1916 in Arnhem, Netherlands. After hiding for several years in the Nazi occupied Netherlands he was eventually caught. Jan was taken to Westerbork transfer camp and later Sobibor extermination camp in Poland where he was murdered in June 1943.

Acquisition

Donated September 2006

Donor: Pat Cravitz

Scope and Content

This collection consists of the translated diaries of Jan de Jong, a Dutch Jew who went into hiding during the Nazi-German occupation of the Netherlands. He later perished at Sobibor extermination camp.

The diaries document his life in hiding in the Netherlands, where he frequently moved to avoid arrest, and comments on the worldwide political and military developments. There were originally 11 diaries of which the first five were lost. Diaries number 6 to 11 were hidden in the attic of family friends in Arnhem. The last one was badly damaged and destroyed. The original documents include newspaper articles and pictures.

System of Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

People

  • Jong, Jan de

Subjects

Places

  • Arnhem
  • The Hague
  • Amsterdam
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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