"Survival in the Lion's Den"
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Fred Angress
Biographical History
Fred Angress was born on 14 April 1923 in Berlin, Germany. His family fled to England in 1937 in order to avoid Nazi persecution. Angress and his family later settled in Amsterdam where they were forced into hiding during the Holocaust. His father was deported to Auschwitz and perished on a death march from the camp in early 1945. Fred immigrated to the United States in 1947 and settled in San Francisco, California.
Archival History
Fred Angress
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Fred Angress
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Fred Angress in Apr. 1989.
Scope and Content
Contains information about the experiences of Fred Angress's family during resettlement in Amsterdam and their life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands. The testimony draws from Angress' personal diary and other published sources, all of which are listed in a short bibliography. The testimony is dedicated to Nelly Gispen, a close friend of the author during the Holocaust era.
System of Arrangement
Organization is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Fred Angress
People
- Gispen, Nelly.
- Angress, Fred.
Corporate Bodies
- Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel
- United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd
- Germany. Gestapo
Subjects
- Jews--Germany.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Bankers.
- London (England)
- Jewish councils.
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Netherlands--Emigration and immigration.
- Berlin (Germany)
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
- Hiding places--Netherlands.
Genre
- Document
- Personal narratives.