Interview with Jules Schelvis (Amsterdam 7 January 1921). Schelvis was put on transport from Westerbork on 1 June 1943 with his wife and in-laws. He brought his guitar as a 'welcome distraction to take our mind off things'. On arrival in Sobibor he managed at the last moment to join a group of men who were selected for labour in the peat camp of Dorohucza. Jules Schelvis was one of the eighteen Dutch Jews who survived Sobibor.

Conditions Governing Access

OPEN_ACCESS

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

video/mp4

MP4

Finding Aids

http://www.persistent-identifier.nl/?identifier=urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-q578-p3

Subjects

oral history
Jodenvervolging
Joden
herinneringen
Tweede Wereldoorlog
opstanden
Polen
overlevenden
Sobibor
vernietigingskampen
Language and literature studies
Modern and contemporary history

Places

Czech Republic
Poland
Sobibor

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