Correspondence with Ader-Appels, Johanna Adriana
Extent and Medium
23 letters
Biographical History
Johanna Adriana Ader-Appels (1906-1994) was a Dutch reverend and resistance fighter. She and her husband Bastiaan Jan had helped saving between 200 and 300 Jews, people in hiding, and shot-down pilots during the Second World War. Both of them were honoured as 'Righteous among the Nations' by Yad Vashem later. Johanna had her memoirs published in the Netherlands.
See Michman, J. and B. J. Flim (eds.), The encyclopedia of the righteous among the nations: rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust. The Netherlands, Jerusalem, Yad Vashem, 2004, pp.57-58.
Scope and Content
Handwritten and typewritten letters regarding the terms of having Ader-Appels memoirs published in Germany or England as well as the scheduling of a meeting with staff members of The Wiener Library in London. Furthermore, the correspondence contains a letter by David Cohen and a press cutting.
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People
- Ader, Bastiaan Jan
- Ader-Appels, J. A.
Subjects
- Righteous Among the Nations
- Resistance
- Publishing
- Personal narratives
Places
- Netherlands