Scrap iron business

Identifier

irn1004800

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2014.524
RG-60.1543

Level of Description

Item

Languages

Silent

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1004800

Creator(s)

Maurits Schaap (Camera Operator)
Eli Schaap

Biographical History

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

Scope and Content

Men clear and shape shredded metal after the war. This scrap iron business was owned by Levie Simons and located in Pernis (Rotterdam area). Maurits Schaap worked here in 1940, and met Andre de la Porte, an aristocrat who later intervened to help Schaap during the war. Several people work at typewriters and telephones.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Note(s)

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

Subjects

OFFICES
FACTORIES

Places

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Genre

Film
Amateur.

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