Alice and Paul Paulus collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43411
• English
• box 1
• Updated 6 months ago

Collection of papers, correspondence, and photographs that document the experiences of the Paulus family who hid members of the Nathan family and others in their home in Ermelo, The Netherlands during the Holocaust.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43412
• English
• overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

Ordedienst [Order Service] armband issued in Harderwijk, Netherlands, and worn by Paul Paulus after liberation in April 1945. It identified Paul as an official civilian authority. During the German occupation of the Netherlands, May 1940-April 1945, Paul and his wife, Aaltje, who lived in Ermelo, aided resistance efforts by hiding Jews in their home. In October 1942, they gave refuge to a Jewish couple, Michel and Saartje Nathans, from Amsterdam, whose young daughter, Anita, was hidden in a different home. Paul built a hidden chamber in the attic bedroom where Michel and Saartje stayed. He ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43414
• English
• 1982
• 2 videocassettes (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
• Updated 6 months ago

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43415
• English
• a: Height: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) b: Height: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

White lace gloves crocheted by Saartje Nathans while she lived in hiding in the home of Aaltje and Paul Paulus in Ermelo, Netherlands, from October 1942-April 1945. She made over forty pairs of gloves, which the Paulus family used as gifts. In 1942, after nearly two years of occupation by the Germans, deportations were becoming frequent. Saartje and Michel decided to send their two year old daughter, Anita, to live with a non-Jewish family in the countryside. That October, they left Amsterdam and were offered a hiding place with the Paulus family. They lived all day in a small attic bedroom...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43416
• English
• overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
• Updated 6 months ago

Small wooden tie rack constructed by Michel Nathans while he lived in hiding in the home of Aaltje and Paul Paulus in Ermelo, Netherlands, from October 1942-April 1945. The tie racks he made were then sold by Paul. In 1942, after nearly two years of occupation by the Germans, deportations were becoming frequent. Michel and Saartje decided to send their two year old daughter, Anita, to live with a non-Jewish family in the countryside. That October, they left Amsterdam and were offered a hiding place with the Paulus family. They lived all day in a small attic bedroom; Paul built a hidden comp...