Schaaps visit their rescuers after the war

Identifier
irn1004799
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.524
  • RG-60.1542
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Maurits Schaap was in hiding in Axel near Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.

Dr. Herman Sajet was a Jewish doctor from Amsterdam who served with Allied troops in the marines in Terneuzen/Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. He lived with the Schaap family after the war and had a lot of connections with Israel. Maurits traveled by car with Dr. Sajet, he in his officer's uniform and Maurits Schaap in the clothes of a soldier, to Bergen-Belsen to see who survived.

Scope and Content

Title card with graphic of baby in stroller, text "Onze Baby". Maurits Schaap and his family visit the home of the Naeije family who hid him during the war. INT, family home in Axel near Zeeuws-Vlaanderen in the Netherlands. The Naeije infant is fed from a bottle and plays with multiple people. 00:01:50 CU, Salomon Schaap smoking pipe, reading letter, playing with baby. 00:04:05 Geleijn Naeije shows off a piece of art inside his home. The painting is of a woman seated at a table with her hands clasped as if in prayer. 00:04:44 Sister of Mrs. Naeije in a black embroidered top. 00:04:56 EXT, home with number 22 and the surrounding neighborhood. This was Maurits Schaap's first housing after liberated (Dokstraat 22). Young women exit and greet the camera, laughing. 00:05:45 Salomon Schaap with pipe and other family members in front of the residence. Man with round wire glasses in a military uniform (probably Dr. Herman Sajet). 00:06:03 Another visit to a farm, possibly of the Naeije family? The Schaap children and family play and work on the farm. Man (Maurits?) cleans auto. Feeding pigs, cows, and chickens.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Eli Schaap

Note(s)

  • Videotape label: "Hiding during WWII, War Years, and Amir"

  • The baby was tentatively identified as Jac Naeije by Suzanne Hendriks via CoSe feedback form 11/21/2021

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