Coenraad Rood papers

Identifier
irn503596
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1992.A.0055
  • 1995.A.0622
  • RG-02.059
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Dutch
  • German
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

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folders

6

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Coenraad Rood was born on August 12, 1917 in Amsterdam Holland to a Jewish family that traced its roots in the Netherlands back to the 17th century. After graduating from public school, Coenraad trained as a pastry maker, but after completing his training at the age of 13, he decided for health reasons to change professions and to study tailoring. After finishing his tailoring apprenticeship in 1937, he spent a year working as a nurse in a Jewish home for the permanently disabled. There he met and became engaged to Elisabeth Kooperberg, a nurse. At her urging, he resumed tailoring, and in 1939 opened a tailor shop in Amsterdam. In September he began to work as a tailor for the military, which fulfilled his Dutch military service. In May 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands. In April 1942 he was arrested and imprisoned in Staphorst-Rouveen labor camp. He was incarcerated there for six months from April 25, 1942 to October 2, 1942 and put to work digging a canal and harvesting potatoes. He then was deported to Westerbork concentration camp. In all he spent the next three years in 11 different German labor camps. Of the 81 members of his extended family deported by the Nazis, Coenraad was one of seven survivors. His wife Elisabeth survived in hiding, and they were reunited after the war.

Archival History

Mr. Coenraad Rood

Acquisition

The original International Tracing Service materials were collected by Coenraad Rood during the years since the Holocaust. They were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives via Bennett Samson of the Campaign to Remember. The copy of "Report, 1942 to 1945," Rood's personal account of survival, was written for the War Documentation Center of the Netherlands in Amsterdam. It was received in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Apr. 1992.

Scope and Content

Includes photocopies of documents from the Dutch Red Cross and the International Tracing Service relating to Coenraad Rood's efforts to trace the fate of relatives who were victims of the Holocaust. Also included is a copy of "Report, 1942-1945" by Coenraad Rood. The memoir describes Rood's experiences of persecution, imprisonment, and survival during the Holocaust. See collection list for titles for RG-02.05901 through RG-02.059*02.

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