Oral history interview with Jacob van Proosdij
Extent and Medium
3 videocassettes (DVCAM), sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Biographical History
This is a witness interview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Witnesses: The Jeff and Toby Herr Testimony Initiative, a multi-year project to record the testimonies of non-Jewish witnesses to the Holocaust. The interview was directed and supervised by Nathan Beyrak. The interview was conducted with Jacob van Prossdij in the Netherlands for the Netherlands Documentation Project on May 2, 2004. The interview was received by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Branch in May 2005.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, courtesy of the Jeff and Toby Herr Foundation
Funding Note: The production of this interview was made possible by Jeff and Toby Herr.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- Jacob van Proosdij
- Calmeyer, Hans, 1903-1972.
- Gemmeker, Albert Konrad, 1907-1982.
- Proosdij, Jacob van.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands.
- Altruism--Netherlands.
- Identification cards--Forgeries--Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Netherlands.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Netherlands.
- Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Dutch.
- Hooghalen (Netherlands)
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Netherlands.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Netherlands.
Genre
- Oral History